This document defines demographics as statistics about populations, including factors like age, birth rate, death rate, and life expectancy. It also defines demography as the statistical study of human populations. Finally, it defines development as a process of social and economic transformation influenced by cultural and environmental factors, with the goal of improving standards of living, health, and access to resources.

1. UNIT 2:
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DEMOGRAPHICS
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DEVELOPMENT

2. DEMOGRAPHICS:
Statistics about people and populations.
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Example:
Age demographics answer questions like:
How old do people live to be in South
Korea in 2014? What percent of the
population is between the ages of 10 and
20 years old?

3. DEMOGRAPHY:
The statistical study of human populations.
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A person who studies demography is called a
“demographer.”

4. WORLD POPULATION:
What can population demographics on a global scale tell us?

5. COMMON AREAS OF STUDY:
• Population
• Birth rate
• Death rate
• Infant mortality rate
• Life expectancy
• Reproduction rate
• GDP

6. DEVELOPMENT:
A process of social and economic
transformation caused by many cultural
and environmental factors.
“Developed” World
“Developing” World

7. DEVELOPMENT:
Development implies “improvement”:
For example, a region is said to “develop”
when more people have access to clean
drinking water, when community health
improves, or when the standard of living
for average households rises.

8. DEVELOPMENT:
What do you think causes development?