niger

Question 1

location

Answer 1

A land-locked LEDC in West Africa, with a hot dry climate including desert areas

Question 2

population

Answer 2

25 Million

Question 3

density

Answer 3

21.47 people

Question 4

population growth

Answer 4

3.7%

Question 5

br

Answer 5

47.5 births/1,000 population

Question 6

reason : contraception

Answer 6

• Only 12% of woman use contraceptives (2012)
• Average of 7 children per woman

Question 7

reason : education

Answer 7

Only 19.1% of the total population can read and write

Question 8

reason : religion

Answer 8

• 99% of Nigeriens are Muslims.
  
  • Islam encourages having children.

Question 9

reason : culture

Answer 9

• Polygamy is practiced.
• In Hausa ethnic tradition, having a large family is viewed as a status symbol.

Question 10

reason : working kiddos

Answer 10

• The majority of Niger’s population are subsistence farmers.
  
  • This results in a high birth rate because people look to have large families to increase their economic opportunities.
  • Which coupled with the high infant mortality rate means that many families opt to have more children than they need to ensure that enough survive to work on the land.

Question 11

reason : infant mortality

Answer 11

67.7 deaths/1,000 live births, the top 6th country in the world, because so many kids die, mother will keep on giving birth to replace them

Question 12

problems with high growth

Answer 12

Problems associated with Population Growth

Poverty

• Insufficient employment opportunities, especially for the poorly educated.
• 42.8% of Niger Children are subjected to Child Labour

Food supply

• Pressure on resources, especially in urban areas
• 15% of the population doesn’t have a secure source of food

Provision of health care

• The health sector faces human and infrastructural shortages
• Only 0.043 Doctors per 1000 People

Water supply

• Only 56% of the population has access to a source of drinking water