What has been the pattern of global population change? Part II (p. 86 - 87)

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What has been the pattern of global population change? 

Goals:

At the end of this class you:

- understand important key-words related to natural population growth, such as birth and death rate. 

What has been the pattern of global population change? 

I&S Chapter 4

For the next question, check out the pink information box on p. 87 about population terminology. 

Birth Rate 

Death Rate

Infant Mortality Rate

Life expectancy

Natural Increase

The number of deaths of children under the age of one year per 1000 life births

The expected average life span of people in a particular population

The number of deaths per 1000 people per year

The rate of the opulation growth calculated by substraced the death rate from the birh rate

The number of live births per 1000 people per year

Check out the GeoGuide and read G136: Natural population growth

1)What do natural changes to a population mean?
2) What does a birth rate of 7 mean?
3) What key-word describes when the death rate is higher than the birth rate?

Check out Figure 5.2

1) In which year was the highest birth rate in Germany? How high was it?
2) At wich year did a mortality surplus started?
3) How much is the natural population growth in 2010?

Check out the GeoGuide and read G138. Also take a look at Figure 5.4

1) Name the difference between absolute and relative numbers
2) What do you think is the advatage of relative numbers over absolute numbers?

Check out the GeoGuide and read G139: Population ageing and dejuvenation

1) Give another word for population decrease
2) Define the key-word population ageing
3) Define the key-word dejuvenation

Read G139: Population ageing and dejuvenation. Also check out Figure 5.5

1) How much did total population of the Netherlands between 1900 and 2011 increase?
2) How many percent the population group of 0 - 20 years decline between 1900 and 2011?
3) How many percent the population group of 65+ years increase between 1900 and 2011?

Read G139: Life expectancy

1) Give a definition of live expectancy
2) How can the life expectancy be increased?
3) Why is the increae in life expectancy a cause of population ageing?

Check out Figure 5.6

1) Which country has the highest life expectancy in 2010?
2) Which country has the highest life expectancy in 1950?
3) Name three countries with the biggest increase in life expectancy between 1950 and 2010.