Debating Costa Rica vs. Australia

Lets debate between people representing a developing countries and people representing a developed.
I’ll pick Costa Rica which is classified as a Developing Country and Australia which is classified as a developed country. The areas well be focusing on in this discussion are population growth, energy use, resource use, and sustainable development.
Developing Country - Costa Rica
Costa Rica falls into the Developing Country category because it has yet to reach the Western-style standards of democratic governments, free market economies, industrialization, social programs, and human rights guarantees for their citizens. The population of Costa Rica is 4,195,914 (July 2008 est.) with a growth rate of 1.388% (2008 est.). Their current energy use is 7.776 billion kWh (2005) with a and annual electricity export of 70 million kWh (2005). The arable land resource of permanent crops is 5.87% while sustainable development has be focuses of the conservation of the rain forest in distinct regions.
Developed country – Australia
Australia is classified as a developed country due to it’s developed economies in which the tertiary and quaternary sectors of industry dominate. The population of Australia is currently 21,007,310 (July 2008 est.) with a growth rate of 1.221% (2008 est.). The current energy use is 219.8 billion kWh (2005) with a export of 0 kWh (2005). The current agricultural resource are wheat, barley, sugarcane, fruits, cattle, sheep and poultry. One of the major sustainable development projects in Australia is the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act of 1975.
While comparing theses two different countries one of the major differences is the population and energy consumption. While both countries are run similar sustainable development programs there industrial and economic standing in the world our quite different. Threw the Kyoto Protocol Costa Rica produces drastically less environmental hazards than Australia