Demography is: 1. Record this definition on your answer sheet. the study of changes (such as the number of births, deaths, marriages, and illnesses) that occur over a period of time in human populations
Why now? We are starting to study Asia, the most populous continent. 2. Predict: how many countries are in the circle that accounts for over half the people on Earth. Then check the next slide and correct if necessary.
Amazingly, the numbers check out. The world population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, is roughly 7,083,460,000. The countries in the circle are …world population China: 1,349,585,838 people (per the Census again) India: 1,220,800,359 Indonesia: 251,160,124 Bangladesh: 163,654,860 Japan: 127,253,075 Philippines: 105,720,644 Vietnam: 92,477,857 Thailand: 67,448,120 Burma: 55,167,330 South Korea: 48,955,203 Nepal: 30,430,267 Malaysia: 29,628,392 North Korea: 24,720,407 Taiwan: 23,299,716 Sri Lanka: 21,675,648 Cambodia: 15,205,539 Laos: 6,695,166 Mongolia: 3,226,516 Bhutan: 725,296the Census Be sure to change your country total for #2.
Click on the image to watch the video Approximately how many people live on Earth today? 4. Record 2 facts you learned in the video.
Population growth 5. Approximately how many people were in the world when you were born? 6. Approximately how many people are in the world today?
7. Which are growing faster – industrialized or developing countries? 8. What will the world population be when growth stops and population stays relatively stable? Population growth
afe=active Click on the image to watch the video years ago, how many people were in the world? ________________________10. When did the earth reach 1 billion people? ________________________ 11. Better medicine and better agriculture led to fewer ________________________. 12. How many years did it take to get from 1 billion to 7 billion? ________________________ 13. Can the world support the expected 10 billion? The video says this depends on how well we manage our __________________ _________________
I/AAAAAAAACK8/VlPzTZAyxDg/s1600/066+The+Case+For+Globalized+Solutions+02.jpg Population distribution Per capita GDP 14.Do the areas with the largest population have the highest per capita GDP? Write one region where there is a HIGH population and LOW per capita GDP AND one region where there is relatively LOW population and HIGH per capita GDP.