Thursday, October 13, 2016
Human Population – “A Tale of Two Countries”
The links below go with the packet handed out in class today.
Demographic Transition (Frank W. Notestein)
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb
On the back of the first page of the packet is the following question:
On a separate paper please explain where both of the countries you chose would fall in Frank Notestein's demographic transition model. Back up your response using data you collected just collected.
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Australia falls under the post transition model because of its low birth and death rates that keep the population growing at a steady rate.
ReplyDeleteChad falls under the early transition model because of its extremely high birth rates and fall in death rates, resulting in rapid population growth.
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ReplyDeleteSierra Leone is in the second stage. There is a high birthrate still but the death rate has lowered.
ReplyDeleteJapan is in the 4th stage of development, its birth and death rates equal each other and there is no growth.
Sweden is in the post-transition model because it has generally equal birth and death rates but the birth rate is slightly higher so it allows the population to grow steadily.
ReplyDeleteBangladesh is in the early-transition model because it's population growth rates are much higher than the death rates so the population grows rapidly.
Switzerland falls under the post transition model because of its low birth rate of 10 and low death rate of 8. These low rates keep the population growth very small, and sometimes even puts it into a bit of a decline.
ReplyDeleteEthiopia falls under the early transition stage with a high birth rate of 40 and a low death rate of 11. Because the birth rate is so high and the death rate so low, population grows rapidly.
Laos would be included in the early transition stage of the demographic transition model. The country has relatively high birth rates, while death rates are low at approximately 1/4 of the crude birth rate.
ReplyDeleteGreece would be in the post transition stage of the model. Crude birth and death rates are at the same low level, so there is neither growth nor decline.
Ethiopia should be classified under "Stage 2: Early Transition." This means that the country is currently experiencing lower death rates while the birth rates remain high. This results in a rapid population growth as time goes on.
ReplyDeleteItaly on the other hand, should be in "Stage 4: Post-Transition" due to its low birth rates and low death rates.
Canada would be classified under the "Post-Transitional" stage because of the lower birth and death rates, resulting in low population growth.
ReplyDeleteBangladesh would also be considered "Post-Transitional" because of its relatively low birth and death rates. Bangladesh also has a very similar population growth rate to Canada.
Sweden would be in the post-transitional stage because its birth and death or almost equal, but the birth rate is a little bit higher so the population is continuing to increase.
ReplyDeleteSomalia would be in the Early Transition stage because the country has low death rates but high birth rates. Resulting in a rapid population increase.
Myanmar would be characterized as early transition because of the high birth rates and fall of death rates. the crude birth rate is 20 and the crude death rate is 11. The population is growing more rapidly at 0.9 percent annually. Denmark is post-transition because its population is relatively stable with a slight increase. The crude birth rate is 11 and the crude death rate is 10. The population grows more slowly at 0.3 percent annually.
ReplyDeleteI think that is is fairly easy to see that Portugal has entered a late-transition or even post-transition stage, where the birth rate is relatively low and has even entered a decline in more recent times. The people seemed to have reached the carrying capacity of Portugal. While in Togo, it is a different story; they are still in early transition. I can see by recent graphs that while the infant and below-5 mortality hate are still high, they have quickly dropped, and the life expectancy is rising. Because the average woman has 7 children and most of them are set to survive, the population is experiencing a boom, which would place Togo squarely in early transition.
ReplyDeleteRwanda would be categorized in the Early Transitional stage because the birth rates are high and the death rates are low which results in an increase in population.
ReplyDeleteFrance is in the Post Transitional stage because the birth and death rates are low which would result in the rate of population decreasing.
I totally forgot what countries I picked for this so I'll just give examples.
ReplyDeleteUganda is in the early transitional stage and I based this off their birth and death rates. Their birth rates are still relatively high and their death rates are a little lower and dropping off.
'Merica would be considered in the post transitional stage because both their birth and death rates are close to eachother and low, and their population is rather high.
This was late because I had a headache for a week or so..