What the flag means: Green- hope for prosperity in the future Red- the blood loss for their independence Black-their troubled past Emblem contains a mosque with minrab and minbar with two of the national flags.
HDI and Rank: 0.468 and ranked 169th GDI and Rank: Not listed for this country
Percent of population in each sector of the economy: Primary: 24.6% Secondary: 21.8% Tertiary: 53.5%
GDP Per Capita: $2,000
GDP PPP: $61.69 billion
Percent of Population below poverty line: 36%
Family Income Distribution: 24
Major Imports, Exports, and Industries: Exports-opium, fruits, handwoven carpets,wool,cotton,hides and pelts, and gems. Imports- machinery, food, textiles, petroleum, and products. Industries- bricks, textiles, soap, furniture, shoes, fertilizer, apparel, food, beverages, mineral water, cement, carpets, natural gas, coal, and copper.
Life Expectancy: 50.49 years
IMR: 117.23 deaths/1,000 live births
NIR: 24.77
Major Religions: Sunni Muslim 80% Shia Muslim 19%
Literacy Rate: Overall: 31.7% F- 17.6% M- 45.4
Accessibility of Consumer Goods:
Demographic Transition Model: Afghanistan is towards the end of stage 2 and transitioning into stage 3.
Rostow's Development: Afghanistan is in stage 2 of the Rostow's model because they have not yet had the boom of all the industries and ways of selling goods.
Japan-East Asia
Shinto-Buddhism
Population: 127,103,388
Type of Government: Constitutional Monarchy
What the flag means: It is called Nisshoki and means the circle of the sun. Another name for the Japanese flag is the"Sun-mark Flag."
HDI and Rank: 0.89 and ranked 17th GDI and Rank: 0.6584 and ranked 104th
Percent of population in each sector of the economy: Primary-3.6% Secondary-26.2% Tertiary-69.8%
GDP Per Capita: $37,800
GDP PPP: $4.807 trillion
Percent of Population below poverty line: 16%
Family Income Distribution: 37.6
Major Imports, Exports, and Industries: Imports-Petroleum 15.5%, Liquid Natural Gas 5.7% Exports-Motor Vehicles 13.6%, Semi-Conductors 6.2% Industries-Among world's largest and most technologically advanced producers of motor vehicles, electronic equipment, machine tools, steel and nonferrous metals, ships, chemicals, textiles, processed foods
Life Expectancy: 84.46 years
IMR: 2.13 deaths/1,000 live births
NIR: -1.31
Major Religions: Shintoism-83.9% Buddhism-71.4%
Literacy Rate: Overall-99% F-99% M-99%
Accessibility of Consumer Goods:
Stage 5 of the Demographic Transition Model
Demographic Transition Model: Japan is in Stage 5, the highest stage, of the DTM. Japan is in Stage 5 because their population is slowly decreasing. The amount of children that one woman has is less than in lower developed countries.
Rostow's Development: Japan is in Stage 5 of Rostow's Development. They can sell goods so cheap that everyone besides the rich can now buy. They have reached the age of mass consumption. Japan switched from high industry to a different way of selling goods.