Canada and Swaziland are located on two different continents, Canada in the northern hemisphere and Swaziland in the southern hemisphere, Canada is a very developed nation similar to the United States, while Swaziland is not too developed at all and is significantly poorer and smaller than Canada. Swaziland has an infant mortality rate of 65 (per 1000 people), which is quite high compared to Canada‘s 48. This statistic correlates with the wealth of the country, showing that Swaziland does not have the money that Canada does to spend on things such as hospitals. Swaziland has dropped from an infant mortality rate of 133 in 1970, showing that the country has expanded its resources in the past 40 years.
While Swaziland cut their infant mortality rate in half, Canada managed to bring its infant mortality rate from 19 down to about a quarter of that value, The fact that Canada’s population is roughly 27 times larger than that of Swaziland’s also impacts the infant mortality rate, as each infant death in Swaziland more directly affects the statistic. Infant Mortality Rate can also be reflective of how much the country concentrates on education. If a country has a high focus on education then things such as the infant mortality rate can remain low because they know how to prevent such things. The rate of natural increase in Canada, 0.4, is a quarter of Swaziland‘s 1.6, meaning Swaziland’s population is growing fottr times faster than that of Canada.
This could make things get quite chaotic in the next couple of decades as Swaziland is about a fifth of the size of Rhode Island, meaning the population density of the county could get to an extreme amount quite quickly. And with 38% of the population younger than the age of 15, a large percentage of the population is young and soon to be having kids, whereas in Canada only 16% of the population is younger than 15. Canada has a similar percentage of folks over 65, with that age group making up 15% of the population.
This represents that young and old people quite equally make up the population. In comparison to Swaziland, with only 3% of the population over 65, Swaziland’s youth is way more abundant. This can also reflect healthcare in the nation. If people aren’t living to be considered Senior Citizens, then the medical care in the country probably isn’t the greatest, It can be concluded that Swaziland’s economy is not thriving right now because of the Net Migration Rate being -1, meaning more people are emigrating from the country and immigrating to it.
Jobs in the country are probably pretty hard to come across, and the jobs that are there probably do not have the best salaries, Canada on the other hand probably has a somewhat thriving economy with lots ofjob openings. With a Net Migration Rate of 8, five higher than the United States, a lot of people are moving to Canada, most of which probably to start a new job. Overall Canada definitely seems to be better off than Swaziland, most likely because Canada has more money to spend on things such as health care and education, Canada’s economy seems to be overall stronger, and the large population can help the nation thrive.