Anders
Underhaug
Nations which have a high
percentage of Catholic citizens
|
Nation
|
Inhabitants
|
Catholics
|
Catholic
population
|
Birth
rate per 1000
(2012)
|
Infant Mortality
(2012)
|
School life expectancy
(years)
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
71,201
|
94 %
|
66,928
|
9.26
|
3.76
|
12
|
||||||
|
39,537,943
|
92 %
|
36,374,907
|
17.34
|
10.52
|
16
|
|
103,065
|
80.8%
|
83,276
|
12.76
|
12.51
|
12
|
|
42,954,279
|
90 %
|
38,658,851
|
17.23
|
15.92
|
14
|
|
15,007,343
|
74 %
|
11,105,433
|
19.6
|
19.06
|
14
|
|
6,704,932
|
79.1%
|
5,303,601
|
17.44
|
19.66
|
12
|
Nations
which do not have a
notable Catholic population
|
Nation
|
Inhabitants
|
Catholics
|
Catholic
population
|
Birth
rate per 1000
(2012)
|
Infant Mortality
(2012)
|
School life expectancy
(years)
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
296,737
|
2.5%
|
8,902
|
13.23
|
3.18
|
18
|
||||||
|
1,332,893
|
0.36%
|
4,798
|
10.43
|
6.94
|
16
|
|
4,455,421
|
0.46%
|
20,494
|
12.5
|
13.65
|
12
|
There is a noticable difference
between the birth rate in countries with a high catholic population compared to
nations which do not a a notable Catholic population.
Still, it is difficult to blame
this on religion considering the demographic and economical difference between
the countries.
Nations with a high number of
catholics does also have a higher birth rate with one exception.
Since birth control is not
recommended in Catholic countries, this is probably one of the reasons why they
have a higher birth rate compared to the other countries.
There is an obvious connection to
birth rate and infant mortality.
The Catholic countries with their
high birth rate does also have a high number of infant mortality.
Before I looked at the statistics
I expected to see a strong connection between the number of years spent in
school and infant mortality. I thought that people with little education would
have a higher infant mortality rate, but that does not seem to be the case. The
numbers tells us that this is
random both in catholic countries and countries with fewer Catholics.
After comparing Catholic
countries to other countries I have experiened that there are both similarities
and differences. The catholic countries have higher birth rates and infant
mortality, which probably has a lot to do with birth control. The school life
expectancy seems to be random and does not have an obvious connection to
religion, infant mortality and birth rate.
I found my statistics using the
CIA World Factbook.
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