Topic Five

Question 1

By 2050 what could the population be

Answer 1

9/10 Billion

Question 2

What is Natural Increase

Answer 2

Birth Rate is higher than the Death rate

Question 3

What is Natural Decrease

Answer 3

Death Rate is higher than the Birth rate

Question 4

How many babies are born every second

Answer 4

4

Question 5

How many people die every second

Answer 5

2

Question 6

What is the global population increasing by every second

Answer 6

2

Question 7

Immigrants

Answer 7

People who move out of a place

Question 8

Emigrants

Answer 8

People who move into a place

Question 9

Cultural Controls of fertility
Social
Economic
Political

Answer 9

Healthcare, status of women, level of education, religious beliefs = SOCIAL
Affluence = ECONOMIC
Political Stability = POLITICAL

Question 10

In 2017 what was the UK TFR (Total Fertility Rate)

Answer 10

1.7 babies

Question 11

Why are large families decreasing in the UK

Answer 11

Due to developments in healthcare less babies are dying during childhood.
Better access to contraceptives
More women have an education or a career

Question 12

Strengths of the DTM

Answer 12

Easily and universally applied
Used by demographers to predict future change

Question 13

Limitations of the DTM

Answer 13

Model does not account for migration - impact of birth rates
Does not account for wars and other conflicts that can impact death rates.