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Retirement to Paradise
From Population data alone
A – 1,366,718,000
B – 158,571,000
C – 138,740,000
D – 61,017,000
E – 21,767,000
F – 21,284,000
G – 4,692,000
H – 3,536,000
Alison should live in A because it has the largest population.
Charlie should live in H because it has the smallest
population.
From population and land area
Calculating population density (population divided by sq km)
A – 142.4
B – 1001.2
C – 8.1
D – 202.4
E – 2.8
F – 389.7
G – 14.4
H – 54.1
Alison should live in B because it has the highest population
density
Charlie should live in E because it has the lowest population
density
Based on further data
You could calculate:
A) Urban population density
E.g. A: (1,366,718,000 x 0.48) / (9,596,971 x 0.02)
Alison will want to live in the country with the highest urban
population density.
B) Non-urban, habitable population density
E.g. A: (1,366,718,000 x 0.52) / ((9,596,961 x 0.98) – 1, 919,
932)
Charlie will want to live in the country with the lowest nonurban
population density
The calculations are below
Population
Land
Area
% in
urban
% urban
land Uninhabitable
Urban
density
Non-urban
density
A 1366718000 9596961 0.48 0.02 1919392 3417.9 94.9
B 158571000 143998 0.29 0.045 14400 7096.6 914.5
C 138740000 17098242 0.74 0.015 854912 400.3 2.3
D 61017000 301340 0.67 0.017 3013 7980.3 68.7
E 21767000 7741220 0.88 0.003 5418854 824.8 1.1
F 21284000 54610 0.14 0.023 13653 2372.4 461.1
G 4692000 323802 0.82 0.0014 226661 8487.2 8.7
H 3536000 65300 0.62 0.0088 3265 3815.1 21.9
Based on this, Alison would prefer to live in G (just ahead of
D and B), and Charlie would prefer to live in E (just ahead of
C and G)
Other data that might be useful for them to know
 Nature of the terrain
 Weather/climate
 Language spoken