Off to Morocco in a few hours.
United Sates - India - Morocco comparative Overview
(I know, the soul of any country is bigger than all these dry comparisons. No two countries are the same. This is just to give you an idea of the relative size of the country and its economy).
Land Area : 9,161,923 sq km / 2,973,190 sq. km / 446,300 sq km
Population: 298,444,215 / 1,095,351,995 / 33,241,259
Growth Rate: 3.5% /7.6%/ 1.55% (India is growing about 4 times as fast as Morocco and about twice as fast as the US)
Literacy : 99% / 59.5% /51.7%
Government Type: Democratic Republic / Democratic Republic/Consitutional Monarchy
GDP (PPP): $12.36 trillion /$3.611 trillion /$138.3 billion (Indian economy is 26 times as large as Morocco's and about 1/3rd that of the US)
Per Capita: $41,800 /$3,300 /$4200 (this is really the problem - Population
Population Growth Rate: 0.91% /1.38%/ 1.8% (Morocco is growing faster)
% of Population below poverty line: 12% / 25%/19%
Income by percentage share: lowest 10%: 3.5%/ 2.6%
Public Debt: 64.7% / 53.8% / 72% of GDP
Total Exports: $927.5 billion /$76.23 billion /$9.472 billion
Number of cell phones: 194,479,364 /69,193,321 / 9,336,900
Internet Users: 203,824,428 / 50.6 million / 3.5 million
Paved Runway Airports: 5,119 / 243 /26
Military Expenditure: $518.1 billion /$19.04 billion /$2.31 billion
Military Expenditure as % of GDP: 4.06/ 2.5 / 5
