What is the national composition of its population for the economic life of a country?

1) What is the national composition of its population for the economic life of a country? 2) Analyze the map of the peoples of the world in the atlas. Which language families are the most common, where do they prevail? 3) Compare the ethnic composition of the population of Europe and America, Africa and Asia. Find out the features. 4) How do you explain the ethnic closeness of peoples living far from each other: Hungarians and Finns, residents of the Philippines and Madagascar? 5) Compare the composition of the believers in Asia and Africa. Find similarities and differences. 6) Using various sources of information, find out what different religions have in common, how they differ. 7) Give examples of the influence of the ethnic and religious composition of the population on the political, economic and spiritual sides of people.

1) Depending on the national composition of the population, the country’s economy may change (for example, there are peoples traditionally engaged in agriculture)
2) Indo-European family (prevalent in Europe, Iran and India), Semitic-Hamite family (Middle East), Altai family (Turkey, Central Asia, Mongolia)
3) In Europe and America, there is a similar ethnic composition, since in America there are mainly immigrants from Europe, however, in America the ethnic composition is more diverse (besides Europeans, there are African Americans, Latin Americans, Asians and Indians)
The compositions of Africa and Asia differ: if in Asia there are mainly numerous peoples, then in Africa there are small tribes. The common people of Asia and Africa are the Arabs
4) The proximity of distant peoples is explained by their common origin and subsequent migration, which began for any reason
5) Both in Asia and in Africa, most of the population is Muslim, but if in Africa Muslims and Christians are approximately equal, then in Asia Christians are practically not represented. In addition, there are Buddhists in Asia, but not in Africa. Even in Africa, traditional beliefs are more common, and in Asia they are found among a few peoples. Asia has a large number of atheists (mostly Chinese), in Africa atheists are almost absent
6) All religions have in common: belief in the supernatural, the presence of gods, religious buildings, rituals and holy symbols.
There are also many differences: different gods, different worldviews, different holy books, different traditions and customs, etc.
7) In the countries of the Arab world, almost the entire population is Muslim, and the countries live according to the laws of Islam (Sharia)
In Africa, most peoples are traditionally engaged in agriculture, which directly affects the economies of countries, increasing the share of the agricultural sector in the economy