IX.

ESSAY ACTIVITY (GROUP 2 AND 3 REPORTS)

QUESTION FOR ACTIVITY:

1. Choose 3 core countries, 3 semi-peripheral countries, and 3 peripheral countries. Find
their updated data in terms of (population, population density, GDP, GNP, .HDI, literacy
rate, mortality rate/life expectancy, fertility rate, employment rate).

CORE Population Population GDP GNP HDI Literacy Mortality Fertility Employment
COUNTRIES Density Rate Rate Rate Rate
Luxembourg 640,064 242 per 85.51 52.47 0.93 100% 82.78 1.37 3,938
Km2 (626 billion billion years, a births vacancies to
people per USD PPP 0.19% per ADEM, a
mi2) dollars woman decrease of
25.2%
Finland 5. 541 18 per Km2 297.3 310 0.940 100% 82.48 1.37 73.8%
million (47 people billion billion years, a births
per mi2) USD PPP 0.2% per
dollars woman
Ireland 5.033 72 per Km2 504.2 399.5 0.945 99% 82.81 1.63 73.6%
million (186 billion billion years, a births
people per USD PPP 0.18% per
mi2) dollars woman
SEMI
PERIPHERA
L
Democratic 95.89 40.90 55.35 106.2 0.479 80.02% 9.4 per 6.21 5.43%, a
Republic of million people per billion billion 1,000 births 0.16%
the Congo square USD PPP people per
kilometer, a dollars woman
3.28%
Hungary 9.71 million 107 per $184.651 176.130 0.846 98.68% 15.5 per 1.56 63.8 % of the
Km2 (276 billion USD 1,000 births population
people per people per aged 15-74
mi2) woman
Czech 10.51 139 per 281.8 455.5 0.889 99%. 13.3 1.71 79.70%
Republic million Km2 (359 billion billion deaths per births
people per USD PPP 1,000 per
mi2) dollars inhabitants woman
PERIPHERA
L
Cyprus 1.244 131 per 28.41 36.36 0.896 99.86% 7 per 1.33 73.20 %
million Km2 (338 billion billion 1,000 births
people per USD PPP people. per
mi2) dollars woman
Bulgaria 6.878 60.25 84.06 187.1 0.795 97.5% 22.9 per 1.56 52.3%
million people per billion billion 1,000 births
square USD PPP people per
 kilometer dollars woman
Romania 19.12 84 per Km2 284.1 674.2 0.82 98.76% 0.550% 1.647 63.1 %
million (216 billion billion births
people per USD PPP per
mi2) dollars woman

2. Provide an analysis of the data in your answers in number 1. What are their difference,
what are their similarities?

•In my analysis, their similarities are that their literacy rate was so high and their fertility
rate was also high and their HDI are almost same, while their differences are that their
population, population density, GDP, GNP, etc. were not the same and had different
results. As can be seen, the core countries have economic hegemony over all other
countries, which is why their GDP AND GNP were extremely high. However, the semi-
peripheral and peripheral countries have an average or low rate.