1. Burkina Faso

2. Population: 15,730,977 Currency: West African Franc Capital: Ouagadougou Official language: French Estimated debt: 2,000,000,000 US $

3. Q1. Assuming your country’s debt rises at a rate of 5% per annum (and no repayments are made) how much will it be in: 2,100,000,000 2,552,563,1253,257,789,254 Q2. After 10 years at 5% the interest stops being added. Your country then pays off 5% of the debt every year. How much debt will remain after: 3,094,899,7912,520,815,2231,950,558,766 Q3. What do you notice about your answers? Is this what you would expect?

4. Bangladesh

5. Population: 161,083,804 Currency: Taka Capital: Dhaka Official language: Bengali Estimated debt: 24,460,000,000 US $

6. Q1. Assuming your country’s debt rises at a rate of 5% per annum (and no repayments are made) how much will it be in: 25,683,000,000 31,217,847,02039,842,762,570 Q2. After 10 years at 5% the interest stops being added. Your country then pays off 5% of the debt every year. How much debt will remain after: 37,850,624,44030,829,570,17023,855,333,710 Q3. What do you notice about your answers? Is this what you would expect?

7. Mozambique

8. Population: 22,894,000 Currency: Mozambican Metical Capital: Maputo Official language: Portuguese Estimated debt: 4,990,000,000 US $

9. Q1. Assuming your country’s debt rises at a rate of 5% per annum (and no repayments are made) how much will it be in: 5,239,500,000 6,368,644,9978,128,184,188 Q2. After 10 years at 5% the interest stops being added. Your country then pays off 5% of the debt every year. How much debt will remain after: 7,721,774,9786,289,433,9814,866,644,122 Q3. What do you notice about your answers? Is this what you would expect?

10. Zambia

11. Population: 12,935,000 Currency: Zambian kwacha Capital: Lusaka Official language: English Estimated debt: 3,500,000,000 US $

12. Q1. Assuming your country’s debt rises at a rate of 5% per annum (and no repayments are made) how much will it be in: 3,675,000,000 4,466,985,4695,701,131,194 Q2. After 10 years at 5% the interest stops being added. Your country then pays off 5% of the debt every year. How much debt will remain after: 5,416,074,6344,411,426,6403,413,477,841 Q3. What do you notice about your answers? Is this what you would expect?

13. Ethiopia

14. Population: 82,101,998 Currency: Birr Capital: Addis Ababa Official language: Amharic Estimated debt: 4,290,000,000 US $

15. Q1. Assuming your country’s debt rises at a rate of 5% per annum (and no repayments are made) how much will it be in: 4,504,500,000 5,475,247,9036,987,957,949 Q2. After 10 years at 5% the interest stops being added. Your country then pays off 5% of the debt every year. How much debt will remain after: 6,638,560,0515,407,148,6534,183,948,554 Q3. What do you notice about your answers? Is this what you would expect?

16. Zimbabwe

17. Population: 12,521,000 Currency: British pound + others Capital: Harare Official language: English Estimated debt: 7,660,000,000 US $

18. Q1. Assuming your country’s debt rises at a rate of 5% per annum (and no repayments are made) how much will it be in: 8,043,000,000 9,776,316,76912,477,332,840 Q2. After 10 years at 5% the interest stops being added. Your country then pays off 5% of the debt every year. How much debt will remain after: 11,853,466,2009,654,722,3037,470,640,075 Q3. What do you notice about your answers? Is this what you would expect?

19. Liberia

20. Population: 3,786,764 Currency: Liberian dollar Capital: Monrovia Official language: English Estimated debt: 3,200,000,000 US $

21. Q1. Assuming your country’s debt rises at a rate of 5% per annum (and no repayments are made) how much will it be in: 3,360,000,000 4,084,101,0005,212,462,806 Q2. After 10 years at 5% the interest stops being added. Your country then pays off 5% of the debt every year. How much debt will remain after: 4,951,839,6654,033,304,3563,120,894,026 Q3. What do you notice about your answers? Is this what you would expect?

22. Mali

23. Population: 14,517,176 Currency: West African franc Capital: Bamako Official language: French Estimated debt: 2,800,000,000 US $

24. Q1. Assuming your country’s debt rises at a rate of 5% per annum (and no repayments are made) how much will it be in: 2,940,000,000 3,573,588,3754,560,904,955 Q2. After 10 years at 5% the interest stops being added. Your country then pays off 5% of the debt every year. How much debt will remain after: 4,332,859,7073,529,141,3122,730,782,273 Q3. What do you notice about your answers? Is this what you would expect?

25. Afghanistan

26. Population: 29,835,392 Currency: Afghani Capital: Kabul Official language: Dari (persian), Pashto Estimated debt: 2,700,000,000 US $

27. Q1. Assuming your country’s debt rises at a rate of 5% per annum (and no repayments are made) how much will it be in: 2,835,000,000 3,445,960,2194,398,015,492 Q2. After 10 years at 5% the interest stops being added. Your country then pays off 5% of the debt every year. How much debt will remain after: 4,178,114,7183,403,100,5512,633,254,335 Q3. What do you notice about your answers? Is this what you would expect?

28. Sudan

29. Population: 30,894,000 Currency: Sudanese pound Capital: Khartoum Official language: Arabic, English Estimated debt: 37,980,000,000 US $

30. Q1. Assuming your country’s debt rises at a rate of 5% per annum (and no repayments are made) how much will it be in: 39,879,000,000 48,473,173,74061,865,417,930 Q2. After 10 years at 5% the interest stops being added. Your country then pays off 5% of the debt every year. How much debt will remain after: 58,772,147,03047,870,281,08037,041,110,970 Q3. What do you notice about your answers? Is this what you would expect?

31. Your task Q1. Assuming your country’s debt rises at a rate of 5% per annum (and no repayments are made) how much will it be in: 1 year5 years10 years Q2. After 10 years at 5% the interest stops being added. Your country then pays off 5% of the debt every year. How much debt will remain after: 1 year5 years10 years Q3. What do you notice about your answers? Is this what you would expect?