1. Population Geography
The story so far…

2. Global population trends
What has happened to global population since 8000 B.C.
Why?
What has been the Geographical spread of these changes? (how has population growth changes in different places at different times?)

3. How is demographic data collected?
What is a census?
Why are the uses of census data?
What difficulties complicate the census process?

4. Population dynamics: Fertility
Natural increase
Migration
Crude birth rate or age specific birth rate
Factors influencing fertility
Pro or anti-natalist?
The role of women

5. Population dynamics: mortality
Crude death rate or age specific death rate
Infant mortality rate
Life expectancy
Factors influencing mortality

6. Population structure: characteristics and consequences
Ways of processing demographic data
Guessing the future using population structure graphs (implications):
aging populations – low population growth
youthful populations – high population growth
Economically active/dependant
Population momentum

7. The demographic transition
Characteristics of each stage, reasons for them and case studies
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Stage 5

8. Case study: China Pro-natalist Anti-natalist One child policies
Other factors

9. Migration motivations for migration (push and pull factors)
Types of migration and case studies
Consequences of migration
For receiving country
For sending country