Doubling Time: quantity to double in size or value.
Copy of Population Dilemmas in East Asia
We will talk about the population problems in
Population Vocabulary
Famine: shortage of food
Natural Rate of Increase: difference in live births and deaths.
Zero Population Growth:
Total Fertility Rate: population constant level by limiting the live births.
Dependency Ratio: a measure showing the number of dependents.
Replacement Rate: retirement money paid out upon retirement.
Population Density: population per unit area
Life Expectancy: period that a person may expect to live.
Demography: study of human life.
China's Population Dilemma
China's population is 1.415 billion
The Chinese population is still increasing, but they aren't producing enough babies.
Questions:
-Is the majority of China's population more under or over 50 y/o?
-Is there an imbalance or is it balanced?
-What age group is most of China's population?
Did You Know?
-Shanghai has 9 million people
-Only 4% of the population are obese
-1000 people in China live on $2 a day
ONE CHILD POLICY
China's one child policy, or the family planning policy, is to help with the density of the regions population. It was introduced in 1979 and began to be phased out towards the end of 2015 and the beginning of 2016. According to the Chinese government, it's estimated that 400 million births were prevented.
