Comparison

Since I'm probably going to spend the rest of my days in England, Czech Republic and South Africa, I thought it might be interesting to compare a few things and see how different or how much alike they are. I found all the info I needed in the CIA Factbook.

	England	Czech Republic	South Africa
Area (sq km)	244,820	78,866	1,219,912
Natural Hazards	winter windstorms, floods	flooding	prolonged droughts
Population	60,609,153	10,235,455	44,187,637
Population Growth Rate	0.28%	-0.06%	-0.40%
Net Migration Rate Per 1000 Population	2.18	0.97	-0.16
Infant Mortality Rate (Deaths Per 1000 Births)	5.08	3.89	60.66
Life Expectancy At Birth	78.54	76.22	42.73
HIV/AIDS Positive	0.20%	less than 0.1%	21.50%
Literacy (Age 15 & Over)	99%	99%	86.40%
Labor Force	30.07 million	5.27 million	15.23 million economically active
Unemployment Rate	4.70%	9.10%	25.20%
Population Below Poverty Line	17% (2002 est.)	NA%	50% (2000 est.)
Internet Users	37.8 million	4.8 million	3.6 million
Airports	471	121	728
Railways	17,274 km	9,543 km	20,872 km
Roadways	387,674 km	127,672 km	362,099 km
Manpower Available For Military Service	Male: 14,607,724	Male: 2,414,728	Male: 10,354,769
	Female: 14,028,738	Female: 2,329,412	Female: 10,626,550
Manpower Fit For Military Service	Male: 12,046,268	Male: 1,996,631	Male: 4,927,757
	Female: 11,555,893	Female: 1,923,508	Female: 4,609,071