Les 4 - Verder met §2.2

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Planning

• Population graphs
• Population growth
• Reasons to migrate
• Time for homework

Key words §2.2

Population graph (bevolkingsgrafiek): Graph with layers for the age groups and the percentage of men and women per age group

Age distribution (leeftijdsopbouw): The division into age groups of the inhabitants of a country

Natural population growth (natuurlijke bevolkingsgroei): population growth due to births and deaths

Social population growth (sociale bevolkingsgroei): Population growth due to immigration and emigration

International migration (internationale migratie): people moving to a different country

Emigrant (emigrant): A person who leaves their country and goes to a different one

immigrant (immigrant): A person who enters a country and goed to live there

Push factors (push factoren): Things that make you want to leave a country

Pull factors (pull factoren): Things that make you want to go to a country

Family formation (gezinsstichting): Iemand zoekt een partner in het land van herkomst en neemt ze mee naar het land waar hij of zij woont

Family reunification (gezinshereniging): Family members who were separated due to migration go to live together again

Population graph

Age

Percentage of people

Gender

Male

Female

Netherlands

Which age group is biggest?

Which percentage is in your age group?

Burundi

Which age group is biggest?

Which percentage is in your age group?

Do people get old here?

Population graphs in poor countries

• People get less old
• Big families
• High infant mortality
• Few contraceptives
• Kids help with income

Populations graphs in rich countries

• People get older
• Small families
• Little growth, and sometimes even 

decline in natural population growth

In Germany women have 1.6 kids on average. What does this mean for the growth of the population?

1. It grows
2. it declines
3. It stays the same

Population growth

• Natural population growth

Population growth

• Natural population growth
• Social population growth
  

Population growth

• Natural population growth
• Social population growth -> migration

Which reasons are there for migration?

Reasons to migrate

• Economic: Work, labor migrants

Reasons to migrate

• Economic: Work, labor migrants
• Political: War, faith, sexual orientation

Reasons to migrate

• Economic: Work, labor migrants
• Political: War, faith, sexual orientation
• Ecological: Natural disasters

Reasons to migrate

• Economic: Work, labor migrants
• Political: War, faith, sexual orientation
• Ecological: Natural disasters
• Social: Family formation, and family reunification 

Homework

Assignment 2, 4, 6 and 7 of §2.2