Above all else show the data.
~ Edward R. Tufte
We began publishing “money maps” in the 2014 Annual Wrap Up. We were inspired by the ease with which disinformation was misleading great people. A fundamental grounding in the basic statistics of population, geography, natural resources, economy, and military will inform you about the world around you. It will also help protect you from an enormous amount of misleading financial and geopolitical commentary. This includes commentary specifically designed to harvest your time and money.
Here are “money maps” for (14) nations in the G-20 that will help you power up the “geo” in your geopolitical discussions. As more and more investment managers and companies begin to assess allocations between regions based on an area’s percentage of global GDP, grounding in vital statistics is essential in a world where we are “trading places.”
Population (Click On The Column Titles to Sort Data)
| Country | Population 1 | Net Change 1 |
Urban Population % 1 |
Median Age 1 | Land Area (km) 1 | Density (p/km) 1 | # of Billionaires 2 | Internet Users (2016) 3 | English Speaking % 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 24,309,330 | 340,357 | 89.20% | 38 | 7,596,666 | 3 | 30 | 20,679,490 | 97% |
| Brazil | 209,567,920 | 1,720,392 | 84.20% | 31 | 8,349,320 | 25 | 49 | 139,111,185 | 5% |
| Canada | 36,286,378 | 346,451 | 81.90% | 41 | 9,071,595 | 4 | 35 | 32,120,519 | 86% |
| China | 1,382,323,332 | 6,274,389 | 57.90% | 37 | 9,390,784 | 147 | 568 | 721,434,547 | 1% |
| France | 64,668,129 | 272,784 | 80.50% | 41 | 547,571 | 118 | 51 | 55,860,330 | 36% |
| Germany | 80,682,351 | -6,194 | 77.20% | 46 | 348,520 | 232 | 82 | 71,016,605 | 70% |
| India | 1,326,801,576 | 15,751,049 | 32.40% | 27 | 2,972,892 | 446 | 111 | 462,124,989 | 12% |
| Italy | 59,801,004 | 3,319 | 70.70% | 46 | 294,152 | 203 | 37 | 39,211,518 | 40% |
| Japan | 126,323,715 | -249,766 | 94.10% | 47 | 364,571 | 347 | 42 | 115,111,595 | |
| Mexico | 128,632,004 | 1,614,780 | 78.30% | 27 | 1,943,082 | 66 | 16 | 58,016,997 | 13% |
| Russia | 143,439,832 | -17,086 | 73.20% | 39 | 16,299,981 | 9 | 80 | 102,258,256 | 5% |
| South Africa | 54,978,907 | 488,501 | 63.90% | 26 | 1,213,662 | 45 | 7 | 28,580,290 | 31% |
| United Kingdom | 65,111,143 | 395,333 | 81.70% | 40 | 241,959 | 269 | 82 | 60,273,385 | 98% |
| United States | 324,118,787 | 2,345,156 | 82.70% | 38 | 9,155,898 | 35 | 535 | 286,942,362 | 96% |
Sources:
1 CIA World Factbook
2 Wikipedia.org
3 Internet Live Stats
4 Wikipedia.org
Natural Resources
| Country | Land Area (sq.km) 1 |
Arable Land (sq.km) 1 |
Renewable Water (cu km) 1 |
Waterways (km) 1 |
Coastline (km) 1 |
Crude Oil (bbl) 1 |
Natural Gas (cu m) 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 7,682,300 | 462,190 | 492 | 2,000 | 25,760 | 1,200,000,000 | 860,800,000,000 |
| Brazil | 8,358,140 | 760,081 | 8,233 | 50,000 | 7,491 | 16,000,000,000 | 471,100,000,000 |
| Canada | 9,093,510 | 459,150 | 2,902 | 636 | 202,080 | 171,000,000,000 | 1,996,000,000,000 |
| China | 9,388,211 | 1,057,200 | 2,840 | 110,000 | 14,500 | 25,000,000,000 | 4,945,000,000,000 |
| France | 547,557 | 183,057 | 211 | 4,853 | 84,080,000 | 8,750,000,000 | |
| Germany | 348,540 | 118,760 | 154 | 7,467 | 2,389 | 100,000,000 | 47,400,000,000 |
| India | 2,973,190 | 1,570,000 | 1,911 | 14,500 | 7,000 | 5,675,000,000 | 1,489,000,000,000 |
| Italy | 294,140 | 68,270 | 191.3 | 2,400 | 7,600 | 544,500,000 | 53,720,000,000 |
| Japan | 364,560 | 42,370 | 430 | 1,770 | 29,751 | 541,600,000 | 20,900,000,000 |
| Mexico | 1,943,950 | 229,750 | 457.2 | 2,900 | 9,330 | 9,700,000,000 | 432,900,000,000 |
| Russia | 16,376,870 | 1,222,400 | 4,508 | 102,000 | 37,653 | 80,000,000,000 | 47,800,000,000,000 |
| South Africa | 1,213,090 | 125,000 | 51.4 | 2,798 | 15,000,000 | 15,010,000,000 | |
| United Kingdom | 241,930 | 62,654 | 147 | 3,200 | 12,429 | 2,800,000,000 | 205,400,000,000 |
| United States | 9,147,420 | 1,518,370 | 3,069 | 41,009 | 19,924 | 36,520,000,000 | 10,440,000,000,000 |
Source:
1 CIA World Factbook
Infrastructure
| Country | Railways (km) 2 | Roadways (km) 2 | Total Length of Pipelines (km) 2 | Mobile Phone Subscribers (Year Varies) 7 | Smartphone Penetration % 16 | Airports2 | Waterways (km) 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 36,968 | 823,217 | 34,612 | 31,000,000 | 77% | 480 | 2,000 |
| Brazil | 28,538 | 1,580,964 | 27,468 | 280,700,000 | 41% | 4,093 | 50,000 |
| Canada | 77,932 | 1,042,300 | 100,000 | 29,500,000 | 67% | 1,467 | 636 |
| China | 191,270 | 4,106,387 | 86,921 | 1,300,000,000 | 58% | 507 | 110,000 |
| France | 29,640 | 1,028,446 | 23,345 | 64,900,000 | 49% | 464 | |
| Germany | 43,468 | 645,000 | 34,335 | 99,500,000 | 60% | 539 | 7,467 |
| India | 68,525 | 4,689,842 | 35,676 | 944,000,000 | 17% | 346 | 14,500 |
| Italy | 20,182 | 487,700 | 23,190 | 94,200,000 | 60% | 129 | 2,400 |
| Japan | 27,155 | 1,210,251 | 4,734 | 152,700,000 | 39% | 175 | 1,770 |
| Mexico | 15,389 | 377,660 | 37,008 | 102,200,000 | 35% | 1,714 | 2,900 |
| Russia | 87,157 | 1,283,387 | 259,913 | 221,000,000 | 45% | 1,218 | 102,000 |
| South Africa | 20,986 | 747,014 | 3,839 | 79,500,000 | 37% | 566 | |
| United Kingdom | 30,859 | 394,428 | 39,778 | 78,500,000 | 68% | 460 | 3,200 |
| United States | 293,564 | 6,586,610 | 2,225,032 | 317,400,000 | 72% | 13,513 | 41,009 |
Sources:
2 CIA World Factbook
7 wikipedia.org
16 wikipedia.org
Financial
| Country | 2015 Est. GDP (Purchasing Power Parity) 2 | GDP – Per Capita (PPP) 2 | GDP – Real Growth Rate 2 | Public Debt (% of GDP) 2 | Exports (MM) 2 | Outstanding Equity (MM) 10 | Gold Reserves (tonnes, 2015) 3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1,141,000,000,000 | 47,600 | 2.40% | 44.20% | 184,300 | 1,187,000 | 79.9 | ||
| Brazil | 3,199,000,000,000 | 15,600 | -3.80% | 66.50% | 189,700 | 490,500 | 67.2 | ||
| Canada | 1,634,000,000,000 | 45,600 | 1.10% | 98.60% | 402,400 | 1,593,000 | 52.7 | ||
| China | 19,700,000,000,000 | 14,300 | 6.90% | 15.30% | 2,011,000 | 8,188,000 | 1,842.6 | ||
| France | 2,666,000,000,000 | 41,500 | 1.30% | 96.20% | 505,400 | 2,088,000 | 2,435.8 | ||
| Germany | 3,860,000,000,000 | 47,000 | 1.50% | 71.20% | 1,283,000 | 1,716,000 | 3,377.9 | ||
| India | 7,998,000,000,000 | 6,200 | 7.60% | 52.40% | 271,600 | 1,516,000 | 557.8 | ||
| Italy | 2,175,000,000,000 | 35,800 | 0.80% | 132.80% | 436,300 | 480,500 | 2,451.8 | ||
| Japan | 4,843,000,000,000 | 38,100 | 0.50% | 230.00% | 641,400 | 4,895,000 | 765.2 | ||
| Mexico | 2,230,000,000,000 | 18,400 | 2.50% | 46.50% | 359,300 | 402,300 | 120.6 | ||
| Russia | 3,725,000,000,000 | 26,000 | -3.70% | 9.40% | 259,300 | 393,200 | 1,615.2 | ||
| South Africa | 725,900,000,000 | 13,200 | 1.30% | 44.40% | 83,160 | 735,900 | 125.3 | ||
| United Kingdom | 2,702,000,000,000 | 41,500 | 2.20% | 89.00% | 412,100 | 3,019,000 | 310.3 | ||
| United States | 18,040,000,000,000 | 56,100 | 2.60% | 73.60% | 1,471,000 | 25,070,000 | 8,133.5 |
Sources:
2 CIA World Factbook
3 The World Gold Council
10 The World Bank
Military
| Country | US Military Personnel (2016) 13 | Military (% of GDP, 2015) 15 | Nuclear Warheds 11 | Aircraft Carriers 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 187 | 2.0% | ||
| Brazil | 1.4% | 1 | ||
| Canada | 139 | 1.0% | ||
| China | 2.0% | 260 | 1 | |
| France | 2.1% | 300 | 1 | |
| Germany | 34,562 | 1.2% | ||
| India | 2.4% | 120 | 2 | |
| Italy | 12,099 | 1.3% | 2 | |
| Japan | 38,807 | 1.0% | ||
| Mexico | 0.7% | |||
| Russia | Unavailable | 7,000 | 1 | |
| South Africa | 1.1% | |||
| United Kingdom | 8,380 | 1.9% | 215 | |
| United States | 960,499 | 3.3% | 6,800 | 10 |
Sources:
4 wikipedia.org
11 icanw.org
13 wikipedia.org
15 The World Bank
Space Programs
| Country | Satellites in Orbit (2015) 17 | Space Budget ($MM) 14 | Space Program Founded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 7 | 35 | – |
| Brazil | 9 | 183 | 2015 |
| Canada | 28 | 474 | 1989 |
| China | 180 | 6,111 | 1993 |
| France | 9 | 2,713 | 1989 |
| Germany | 24 | 1,687 | 1972 |
| India | 38 | 1,159 | 1969 |
| Italy | 7 | 1,223 | 1988 |
| Japan | 57 | 3,597 | 2003 |
| Mexico | 4 | 10 | 2010 |
| Russia | 136 | 5,265 | 1955 |
| South Africa | 2 | 2010 | |
| United Kingdom | 41 | 367 | 2010 |
| United States | 561 | 39,332 | 1958 |
Sources:
14 OECD Library
17 Union of Concerned Scientists