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According to the UN, world population is expected to grow to 9.2 billion by the year 2050. What challenges do you see if this prediction proves accurate?. Chapter 1-3 “Population & Settlement: People on the Land”. After Today…. Students should be able to predict future population trends.
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According to the UN, world population is expected to grow to 9.2 billion by the year 2050. What challenges do you see if this prediction proves accurate? Chapter 1-3 “Population & Settlement: People on the Land”
After Today… • Students should be able to predict future population trends. • Students will discuss consequences / challenges based upon future population trends. • Students will fully comprehend the 4 phases of the Demographic Transition Model.
Basic World Pop. Stats… • World Population Clock • 2013 Pop. Map with 2050 projections • World Population Milestones • Note the time it took to add each additional billion after the first in 1827!
Basic Population terms/concepts • RNI = Rate of Natural increase. It is found by taking the number of births and subtracting the number of deaths (does not account for migration into or out of a country). • TFR = Total Fertility Rate. This is a measure of the average # of children a woman will have in her child bearing years. • Youthfulness of a population is a measure of the % of the total population that is <15 yrs. Of age…it is vital to maintaining productive stability in a nation.
Top 10 Countries (Source USA Census Bureau) • China 1.3 Billion • India 1.2 B • USA 313 Million • Indonesia 246 M • Brazil 203 M • Pakistan 187 M • Bangladesh 159 M • Nigeria 155 M • Russia 139 M • Japan 126 M
Future??? (2050 according to Population Reference Bureau) • India 1.7 Billion • China 1.3 B • USA 403 Million • Nigeria 390 M • Indonesia 293 M • Pakistan 275 M • Brazil 223 M • Bangladesh 194 M • Philippines 155 M • Democratic Republic of the Congo 149 M
Demographic Transition Model • Phase #1 – Pre Industrial • High Birth Rates • High Death Rates • Slow Rate of Natural Increase (RNI) • Usually associated with poor public health measures like lack of sanitation. • AKA – Less Developed Countries, 3rd World Countries
Angola source CIA Factbook • Median Age – 18.1 • Life expectancy at birth – 38.76 • Total fertility Rate – 5.97 children / woman
Demographic Transition Model • Phase #2 – Transitional • High Birth Rates • Death Rates Fall (Higher Life expectancies) • Rapid Rise in the RNI • Associated with improved economic and social conditions
India • Median Age – 26.5 years • Life expectancy at birth – 67.14 years • Total Fertility Rate – 2.58 children per woman
Demographic Transition Model • Phase #3 – Transitional • Birth Rates Begin to Fall rapidly • Death Rates Fall slightly • RNI begins to level off • In an urbanized and industrial society people begin to see the benefits of smaller families.
Demographic Transition Model • Phase #4 – Industrial • Low Birth Rates • Low Death Rates • RNI is relatively flat or even in slight decline • Usually associated with highly industrialized and highly urbanized countries.
Japan • Median Age – 44.8 • Life expectancy at birth – 82.25 • Total fertility Rate – 1.21 children / woman
Migration – movement into or out of a country – also affects population • PUSH FORCES: drive people from their homelands. • EXAMPLES: civil war or unrest; environmental disasters; unemployment; ? • PULL FORCES: things that attract migrant populations to certain locations. • EXAMPLES: better economic opportunity; better health services; better educational opportunities; personal & political freedom; ?
Urbanization • Migration of people from rural areas to urban areas. • Growth of cities. • URBANIZED POPULATION = % of an area’s total population that lives in cities. • Currently about 50% of the world’s population lives in urban areas. • This number is increasingat a rapid rate throughout the entire world • URBAN PRIMACY – a city that is disproportionately large & dominates economic, political & cultural activities.
Overurbanization • When the urban population grows more quickly than support services such as housing, transportation, waste disposal and water supply • Fairly common in 3rd World Countries
Squatter Settlements • Illegal developments of makeshift housing on land neither owned nor rented by the inhabitants. • Fairly common in many LDC’s or 3rd World Countries