CLASS: GEOGRAPHY
TEACHER: MS.PAPPS
HOMEROOM: B8SWH
Introduction
Every country is separated in two categories, MEDC and LEDC; which stands for More Economically Developed Country and Less Economically Developed Country. The countries separated in these categories have special characteristics, one of them being the population and GDP, which stands for Gross Domestic Product. In this essay we 're going to compare Scotland (MEDC) and Ecuador (LEDC).
Scotland
SCOTLAND IS A COUNTRY LOCATED IN WESTERN EUROPE. IT 'S AN MEDC COUNTRY WITH A TOTAL OF US$194 BILLION. IT HAS AN AREA OF 78,772 KM2, WITH ABOUT 5,144,200 PEOPLE. FOR THE EIGHTH YEAR IN A ROW, THERE WERE MORE DEATHS THAN BIRTHS, ALTHOUGH THE DIFFERENCE OF 2,300 …show more content…
It 's a "Rapid" pyramid, which means that the population is going up very rapidly. There are about 5760 thousand people under 18 years of age and about 1112 thousand people over 65 years of age. In 1995 Ecuador got in a fight with Peru, which may have caused for many adults to fight and loose their lives. Also 2 years before the war event, there was a natural incident which caused 300 peoples death. In a few years Ecuador will have a lot more citizens than it does now. It 's GDP per capita is about USD $3100
Conclusion
In these two countries, the main difference is the total money they have. In Scotland the people there are mostly average+, while in Ecuador almost half of the people are in poverty conditions. Another difference is the population, Ecuador has many more people that Scotland; probably because people in Ecuador does not know how to take care of themselves, also probably in Scotland having kids is very demanding and expensive. Another massive difference is the GDP. Ecuador has $3100 per capita while Scotland has $36,860; it 's a difference of