1. By: Paige Terhune & Lizzy Satran

2. To display the population sizes of the 15 FSU countries and explain the differences between the countries

3. The countries in the FSU all have very surprising population rates depending on their specific areas and although one would think that the larger the area the higher the population rate this is quite false. The countries in the FSU all have different population increases and decreases due to their particular area, weather patterns, and resources, with all of these factors to contribute, their populations greatly vary and they are all very different compared to their adjacent neighbors.

4. Paige- Describe the reason for the differences between: * Armenia * Azerbaijan * Belarus * Estonia * Georgia * Kazakhstan * Kyrgyzstan Lizzy- Describe the reason for the differences between: * Lithuania * Lativia * Moldova * Russia * Tajikstan * Turkmenistan * Ukraine * Uzbikistan

6. By: Paige

7. Armenia About 3 million Small area Next to the largest lake in the mountainous area Azerbaijan About 9.5 million Small area Severe air, soil, and water pollution

8. Belarus About 9.5 million Medium area Landlocked flatness from Belarusian terrain and about 11,000 lakes Estonia About 1.2 million Small area Has more than 1,400 natural and manmade lakes Agriculture

9. Georgia About 4.5 million Medium area Good soils in river valley flood plains Kazakhstan About 17.5 million Large area Health risks from radioactive or toxic chemical sites

10. About 5.5 million Small area Water-borne diseases from contaminated streams and wells Many resources like abundant hydropower, significant deposits of gold, and rare earth metals

11. By: Lizzy

12. Lithuania Population= 3,525,761 Small country (size of West Virginia) Moldova Population= 3,656,843 Pop. decline 25% since independence (1989) (decline began same time as East Germany decline)

13. Russia Population: 138,082,178 Pop. Peaked at end of Soviet Union (about 148 million) Encourage couples to have a second child Tajikistan Population: 7,768,385 Size = slightly smaller than Wisconsin Pop. Incline Very mountainous

14. Turkmenistan Population: 5,054,828 Pop. grew from 4.5 mil to over 5 mil ( 2001-2006) Ukraine Population: 44,854,065 Pop. One of the most decreases in all of Europe. High death rate- low birth rate Weather a possibility or deaths?

15. Uzbekistan Population: 28,394,180 34.1% pop= under the age of 14 Latvia Population: 2,191,580 Taj ikis tan

16. In ending, no matter where the countries location is, the famine rate, and the amount of resources; they will always vary because people are never the same any where they might happen to be.

17. http://www.cia.gov www.stat.gov.It http://www.tititudorancea.com