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Chapter 4
Human Populations
2
Chapter Four - Topics
• Population growth
• Limits to growth: some opposing views
• Human demography
• Population growth: opposing factors
• Demographic transition
• Family planning and fertility control
• The future of human populations
3
Part 1: Population Growth
World population now 6.47 billion (Oct 12, 2005)
http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html
Click here for current US and World population estimates ->
4
Current Birth and Death Rates
• Every second: about 4 children are
born, while about 2 other people die
• Net gain: 2.3 humans added to the
world population every second, 72
million added every year
5
Human Population Levels Throughout History
ADD FIG. 4.2
6
ADD TABLE 4.1
7
Part 2: Limits to Growth
Varying Perspectives
• Overpopulation causes resource depletion and
environmental degradation
• Human ingenuity and technology will allow us to
overcome any problems - more people may be
beneficial
• Resources are sufficient to meet everyone's
needs - shortages are the result of greed, waste,
and oppression
8
Decisions on how many children to have are influenced
by many factors, including culture, religion, politics, need
for old-age security, and immediate family finances.
9
Part 3: Human Demography
• Demography - vital statistics about
people, such as births and deaths
• Two demographic worlds
• Less-developed counties represent 80%
of the world population, but more than
90% of projected growth
• Richer countries tend to have negative
growth rates
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Third_World/TW_definition_description.html
What a stupid term…click below for definition of "third", "second", and "first" worlds…
10
11
By 2050,
India will
probably
be the
world's
most
populous
country.
(297)
12
Fertility and Birth Rates
• Fecundity - physical ability to reproduce
• Fertility - the actual production of offspring
• Crude birth rate - number of births per year
per thousand people
• Total fertility rate - number of children born
to an average woman during her reproductive
life
• Zero population growth (ZPG) - occurs
when births + immigration just equal deaths +
emigration
13
Regional Declines in Total Fertility Rates
14
China's one-child-
per-family policy
decreased the
country's fertility rate
from 6 to 1.8 in two
decades. However,
the policy is very
controversial.
15
16
As incomes rise,
so does life
expectancy.
17
Living Longer: Demographic Implications
• A population growing by natural increase has
more young people than does a stationary
population.
• Dependency ratio - the number of
nonworking individuals compared to working
individuals - declining in countries such as
the U.S. and Japan
• If current trends continue, by 2100 the
median age in the U.S. will be 60.
18
19
Part 4: Population Growth -
Opposing Factors
Pronatalist pressures
• Factors that increase people's desires to have
children
Birth reduction pressures
• Factors that tend to reduce fertility
20
U.S. Birth Rates: 1910-2001
21
Part 5: Demographic Transition
• Optimistic view - world population will
stabilize during this century
• Pessimistic view - poorer countries of
the world are caught in a "demographic
trap" - helping poor countries will only
further threaten the earth's resources
• Social justice view - overpopulation
due to a lack of justice, not resources
22
Demographic Transition Accompanying
Economic and Social Development
23
Fig. 4.13
24
Infant Mortality and Women's Rights
25
Part 7: The Future of Human Populations

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Human Population and Rates.ppt

  • 2. 2 Chapter Four - Topics • Population growth • Limits to growth: some opposing views • Human demography • Population growth: opposing factors • Demographic transition • Family planning and fertility control • The future of human populations
  • 3. 3 Part 1: Population Growth World population now 6.47 billion (Oct 12, 2005) http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html Click here for current US and World population estimates ->
  • 4. 4 Current Birth and Death Rates • Every second: about 4 children are born, while about 2 other people die • Net gain: 2.3 humans added to the world population every second, 72 million added every year
  • 5. 5 Human Population Levels Throughout History ADD FIG. 4.2
  • 7. 7 Part 2: Limits to Growth Varying Perspectives • Overpopulation causes resource depletion and environmental degradation • Human ingenuity and technology will allow us to overcome any problems - more people may be beneficial • Resources are sufficient to meet everyone's needs - shortages are the result of greed, waste, and oppression
  • 8. 8 Decisions on how many children to have are influenced by many factors, including culture, religion, politics, need for old-age security, and immediate family finances.
  • 9. 9 Part 3: Human Demography • Demography - vital statistics about people, such as births and deaths • Two demographic worlds • Less-developed counties represent 80% of the world population, but more than 90% of projected growth • Richer countries tend to have negative growth rates http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Third_World/TW_definition_description.html What a stupid term…click below for definition of "third", "second", and "first" worlds…
  • 10. 10
  • 11. 11 By 2050, India will probably be the world's most populous country. (297)
  • 12. 12 Fertility and Birth Rates • Fecundity - physical ability to reproduce • Fertility - the actual production of offspring • Crude birth rate - number of births per year per thousand people • Total fertility rate - number of children born to an average woman during her reproductive life • Zero population growth (ZPG) - occurs when births + immigration just equal deaths + emigration
  • 13. 13 Regional Declines in Total Fertility Rates
  • 14. 14 China's one-child- per-family policy decreased the country's fertility rate from 6 to 1.8 in two decades. However, the policy is very controversial.
  • 15. 15
  • 16. 16 As incomes rise, so does life expectancy.
  • 17. 17 Living Longer: Demographic Implications • A population growing by natural increase has more young people than does a stationary population. • Dependency ratio - the number of nonworking individuals compared to working individuals - declining in countries such as the U.S. and Japan • If current trends continue, by 2100 the median age in the U.S. will be 60.
  • 18. 18
  • 19. 19 Part 4: Population Growth - Opposing Factors Pronatalist pressures • Factors that increase people's desires to have children Birth reduction pressures • Factors that tend to reduce fertility
  • 20. 20 U.S. Birth Rates: 1910-2001
  • 21. 21 Part 5: Demographic Transition • Optimistic view - world population will stabilize during this century • Pessimistic view - poorer countries of the world are caught in a "demographic trap" - helping poor countries will only further threaten the earth's resources • Social justice view - overpopulation due to a lack of justice, not resources
  • 24. 24 Infant Mortality and Women's Rights
  • 25. 25 Part 7: The Future of Human Populations