Compare and Contrast 

When I compare Japan and Honduras, I can immediately see the difference that development makes. Japan represents a more developed country with a gross income of over $52,000 per person. Honduras represents a less developed country with just over $6,000 per person. The wide gap and it’s gross national income (GNI)connect directly to other factors and demographic indicators such as life, expectancy, fertility, and population growth. GNI it’s not just a number, but it is a number that helps predict the quality of life and will represent the stage of development nations in.(Mutiti et al. 2018)

Looking at Honduras, the less developed country you see traits of stage two or stage three of the demographic transition model as birth rates are fairly high ,while their death rate is fairly low. This means Honduras has a positive growth rate of 1.7%, showing that his population is still expanding, but this kind of growth is similar to exponential growth is when a population increases quickly, but only as long as resources like food and space are not limited A challenge for Honduras is that as the population rises, it will eventually face limits such as economic pressure, food insecurity, and the need for more schools and hospitals as Honduras is a fairly small country.(Mutiti et al. 2018)

Now, looking at Japan, they fit the profile of stage four and maybe even stage five. Due to his birth rate being extremely low with only six births per 1000 of the population with the fertility rate being 1.2 which is far below the replacement level but meanwhile its death rate is about 13 deaths per 1000 of the population well yes, it may seem high. It is linked more to the population dying of aging with the life expectancy of 81 years for men and 87 for women. Due to this Japan, overall population is shrinking at a rate of 0.7%.(Mutiti et al. 2018)

Can you play both countries next to the world’s averages? The difference becomes clear globally. The birth rate is 16 per 1000 of the population and the death rate is about 8 deaths per 1000 of the population. And the fertility rate is around 2.2 children per woman with the life expectancy being about 73 years. Honduras is close to these global numbers, especially in fertility and growth. On the other hand, Japan is far from the world's normal numbers as its fertility rate and birth rates are much lower and his death rate is nearly double the world’s average. With this life expectancy far above in this model it shows that Japan is an outlier while Honduras is actually more reflective of the global patterns.(Mutiti et al. 2018)

What I find the most interesting is that yes, they do face their new challenges, such as Honduras having a very high birth rate with a very low death rate so that they must figure out how to provide enough resources for people. Japan, with its low birth rate and very high death rate, must find ways to support their infrastructure due to most of the citizens dying of old age. And I got that all by just looking at their demographic data, but the demographic data together tells us more than just numbers. It also shows how societies grow how societies change and how societies adapt.(Mutiti et al. 2018)

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