Demographics & Development

1. UNIT 2:
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DEMOGRAPHICS
&
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?