Population Change Flashcards
What does population distribution mean?
The way humans are spread out across the world
Where do most people live?
-Europe
-South East of Asia
South of North America
Where don’t people live?
- Oceania
- north of Asia
What does population density mean?
How many people there are per km2 over the world
Where is the world densely populated?
Nigeria, Japan, UK
Where is the world sparsely populated?
-Canada, Australia, Russia
Why would there be a dense population?
- flat land
- jobs
- fertile soil
- transport
Why would there be a sparse population?
- no water
- cold weather
- lack of jobs shops
- no flat land
Why do more people live in east China?
Lots of farmland, 300mph railways, lots of airports
Why don’t people live in west China?
Lots of mountains and deserts, dry land-bad from farming, cold temperature
Why has the birth rate increased?
Poor access to contraception, children to earn money for family
Why is there a low birth rate?
- famine
- contraception
- women have jobs
Why is there high death rates?
- famine
- poor health care
- lack of clean water
What are the reasons for low death rate?
- access to hospitals
- contraception available - no STDs
What is stage1 like in the demographic model?
-death and birth rate high as they are the same the population doesn’t increase
What is stage 2 like in the demographic model?
-death rate rapidly decreases-better medicines, birth rate stays the same therefore population increases
What is stage 3 like in the demographic model?
Birth rate decreases rapidly because of contraception and death rate is gently decreasing, population naturally increase and because the death rate is so low
What is stage 4 like in the demographic model?
Birth rate still falling gently and death rate still low, population still gently rising
What is stage 5 like in the demographic model?
More developed vesion of stage 4
Why was the one child policy introduced in China?
- decrease over population - 2 billion
- less pollution
- lack of food
What are some facts about the one child policy?
- free medical care for first baby- would have to pay all of this back if they have a second baby-couldn’t pay =prison
- forced abortions
- ‘granny’ in each street and will report if women is pregnant
Why do Sinapore want to increase the birth rate?
-Need more children to group and pay taxes for the elderly
How does singapores birth work?
Give them money for their children - $4000 for first $6000 2nd
- give them $3000 to pay for medical bills
What are the positive effects if a youthal population in Gamibia in Africa?
Lots if workers for future - 65% under 25
Provides a growing market for goods and services
What are the negative effects of a youthal population in Gamibia in Africa?
- schools overcrowded to 3000
- poor nutrition - 1 in 10 die before 5 years old
- high levels of unemployment- 70% of under 25s have no job
Where is the case study? What is it about?
Japan’s ageing population
What are the benefits of the ageing population in Japan?
New opportunities for technology-robots for elderly
-‘grey boom’ rise in business that cater for elderly
What are the negative effects of the ageing population in Japan?
- immigration is increasing - 200,000 of them are illegally in the country
- 500,000 people on the waiting list to get into nursing homes
- taxes rising to support elderly 6:1 in 1990, 4:1 in 2000, 2:1 in 2025
