Ch. 10 - Global Demography Flashcards
(42 cards)
(What generation?) Born 2011 - 2025
Gen Alpha
(What generation?) Born 1996 - 2012
Gen Z, iGen, or Centennials
(What generation?) Born 1977 - 1995
Millennials or Gen Y
(What generation?) Born 1965 - 1976
Generation X
(What generation?) Born 1946 - 1964
Baby Boomers
(What generation?) Born 1945 and before
Traditionalists or Silent Generation
The end of the millennial generation and the start of Gen Z in the United States for example, are closely tied to
September 11, 2001. 9/11 attack
Generations are shaped by
the attitudes and practices of their parents, the major technologies of their age and their economic realities
After the Second World War, the Baby Boomers born of parents whose memories and experiences of the war years are vivid, had the desire and parenting philosophy of making life easier for their children than it was for them. This, some sociologists say, helped create and reinforce Millennials’
Sense of entitlement
is the study of the distribution, composition and changes of human populations. Its main interests are birth and death rates, emigration and immigration patterns and marital patterns.
Demography
The Philippines currently has _______ million people and is ____ in global population
ranking for a ____ share in the total human inhabitants of the planet
109.6; 13th; 1.41%
China today has the world’s biggest population with ________ people for an _____ global share
1.4 billion; 18.47%
The Vatican City State, the world’s smallest country with an area of just ____ square kilometer, has a population of ____
0.32; 801
There are ___ billion people in the world today
6.5
World population stood at _____ in the 1950s
2 billion
The planet gains ________ more people every year.
76 million
By ______, it is estimated that world population will be over 9 billion.
2050
Populations in least-developed and developing countries are steadily growing while that
of developed countries remains steady at _____.
1.2 billion
The usefulness of demography lies in its ability to
help humanity address its social and economic problems
Demography focuses on
social planning, forecasting of trends in the labor market and addressing issues in geopolitics and public administration
Demographers advise
governments and private agencies in crafting programs and policies that aim at achieving well-balanced growth and development at the local, regional, national and international levels.
Among the popular theories in global demography is the _______________________. The theory states that a country’s total population growth rate goes through cyclical stages as the country develops economically.
Demographic Transition Model (DTM)
(Stages of Demographic Transition Model) The condition of the world before the Industrial Revolution where birth and death rates are high making population size stable, disruptions such as wars and pandemics cause occasional declines
Stage 1
(Stages of Demographic Transition Model) The condition in most of the least developed countries today, this stage is marked by low death rates particularly among children while birth rates stay high resulting in accelerated population growth. Examples are Guatemala, Yemen and Afghanistan
Stage 2