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Chapter 7
The Human Population
Figure
7.1
Scientists Disagree on Earth’s Carrying
Capacity
•The following graphs show
theoretical models of food
supply and population size.
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Demography- the study of human populations
and population trends.
 Changes in Population Size
 Fertility
 Life Expectancy
 Age Structure
 Migration
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Immigration- the movement of people into a
country
Emigration- the movement of people out of a
country.
Net migration rate- the difference between
immigration and emigration in a give year per
1,000 people in the country.
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Demography
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Science of population structure and growth
Human Population since 1980 is J-shaped
curve
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Human population reached:
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1 billion around 1800
2 billion in 1930
3 billion in 1960
4 billion in 1975
5 billion in 1987
6 billion in 1999
7 billion in 2011
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Population is increasing due to decrease in
death rate, not increase in birth rate
Greater food production
 Better medical care
 Improvements in water quality and sanitation
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Growth rate (r) has started to decline
Will continue to decline until “zero population
growth”
 S-curve may replace J-curve
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Crude birth rate (CBR)= the number of births
per 1,000 individuals per year.
Crude death rate (CDR)= the number of deaths
per 1,000 individuals per year.
 Global population growth rate =
(CBR- CDR)/ 10
 National population growth rate =
(CBR+ immigration) - (CDR + emigration)/ 10
 Doubling time (in years)- 70/growth rate
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Total Fertility Rate(TFR)- an estimate of the
average number of children that each woman in a
population will bear.
• Replacement level
fertility- the total
fertility rate
required to offset
the average
number of deaths
in a population
and for the current
population size to
remain stable.
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Developed countries- countries with relatively
high levels of industrialization and income.
Developing countries- countries with relatively
low levels of industrialization and income of less
that $3 per person per day.
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Population growth and population
characteristics are not the same in all countries
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Life expectancy- the average number of years
that an infant born in a particular year in a
particular country can be expected to live, given
the current average life span and death rate of
that country.
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Infant mortality rate- the number of deaths of
children under 1 year of age per 1,000 live births.
Child mortality rate- the number of deaths of
children under age 5 per 1,000 live births.
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Age structure diagrams (population
pyramids)- visual representations of age
structure within a country for males and
females.
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The theory of the demographic transition is the theory
that as a country moves from a subsistence economy to
industrialization and increased affluence, it undergoes a
predictable shift in population growth.
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Phase 1: Slow population growth because there are high birth
rates and high death rates which offset each other.
Phase 2: Rapid population growth because birth rates remain
high but death rates decline due to better sanitation, clean
drinking water, increased access to food and goods, and access
to health care.
Phase 3: Stable population growth as the economy and
educational system improves and people have fewer children.
Phase 4: Declining population growth because the relatively
high level of affluence and economic develop encourage
women to delay having children.
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Pre-industrial Stage
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Transitional Stage
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Lowered death rate, rapid population growth
Industrial Stage
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Birth and death rates high, modest population
growth
Birth rate decline, population growth slow
Post Industrial Stage
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Low birth and death rates, population growth very
slow
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Family planning- the regulation of the number
or spacing of offspring through the use of birth
control.
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Difficult to meet basic needs in developing
countries
Problems associated with overpopulation:
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Environmental degradation
Hunger
Persistent poverty
Economic stagnation
Urban deterioration
Health issues
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Food security
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Condition in which people do not live with chronic
hunger and malnutrition
Effects of Chronic Hunger
Weakened immune system
 Illness and disease
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 Malaria
 Measles
 Diarrhea
 Acute respiratory illness
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Food insecurity
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Conditions under which people live with continuous
threat of starvation
Solving the Food Problem
Control population growth
 Promote economic development of developing
countries without adequate food supplies
 Provide access to food and land resources to those
who live in areas without them
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Two viewpoints from economists:
Population growth stimulates economic
development and technological innovation
 Rapid population expansion hampers developmental
efforts
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Most observations support the second
viewpoint
In order for country to increase its standard of
living, its economic growth must exceed its
population growth
Three major influences on total fertility rate
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Cultural traditions
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Social & economic status of women
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Family planning
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Culture influences and
controls individuals’
behaviors
Marriage age
 Due to high infant and child
mortality rates, couple is
expected to have large number
of children
 Children often work in family
business (pictured left)
 Religious values
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Gender inequality is common worldwide
Disparities
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Political participation
Social status
Economic status
Health status
Legal rights
Education
Employment and earnings
Illiteracy in 2002
Single most important factor affecting high total fertility rates is low status of women
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Women with more
education
Marry later
 Have fewer children
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Largest population in the world
Controversial Family Planning Policy
1971 - Chinese Government actively pursued birth
control
 1979 - Incentives to promote later marriages and onechild families
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 Medical care, schooling for child, preferential housing,
retirement funds
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Brought about rapid and drastic decrease in fertility
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1979- plan put in place with incentives to
promote later marriages and one-child families
Incentives were medical care, schooling for child,
cash bonuses, preferential housing, retirement funds
 If second child was born, all incentives must be
revoked or returned
 Decrease in fertility from 5.8 births per woman to 2.1
birth per woman in 1981
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Plan was controversial and unpopular
Social pressure to abort a second child
 Pressure to abort/kill female first child
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 120 boys to 100 girls as of 2000
 Plan
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much more relaxed in
rural China
2011 TFR = 1.5
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Young age structure
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Huge potential for population growth: 29% of
population is under age 15
 High Population Growth Momentum
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1974 - government imparted educational
reform, family planning, health care
Very successful
 TFR dropped from 6.7 (1970) to 2.3 (2011)
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Affluence - having a lot of wealth such as money,
goods, or property.
To estimate the impact of human lifestyles on Earth
we can use the IPAT equation:
Impact= Population X Affluence X Technology
(technological impact)
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Gross domestic product (GDP)- the value of all
products and services produced in a year in that
country.
GDP is made up of consumer spending,
investments, government spending, and exports
minus imports.
A countries GDP often correlates with its
pollution levels.