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A Third World Country is a term used for developing countries, and least developed countries. These countries are economically underdeveloped. Characteristics of a third world country are poverty, agriculture economy, disease, high birth and infant mortality rates, over population, poor infrastructure, unstable governments, no health care, environmental problems, non educated, starvation, and death. Those characteristics are the first thing that comes to someone's mind about a third world country. Most third world countries are located in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. The populations of third world countries are generally very poor but with high birth rates. In general they are not as industrialized or technologically advanced as the first world. The majority of the countries in the world fit this classification. Seventy percent of the world population is third world, which is a large part of the population.
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