Population case studies

Question 1

which country do you use for case study on rapid population growth

Answer 1

Niger

Question 2

Niger has the highest total fertility rate. What is it?

Answer 2

7 CHILDREN PER WOMAN

Question 3

What is the main reason Niger has a high birth rate?

Answer 3

80% of the country is Muslim and doesnt allow contraception and some men practise polygamy

Question 4

what other reasons is the BR high?

Answer 4

high IMR, agriculturally based so rely on children for labour, early marriage common (under16), large proportion population young and of child bearing age.

Question 5

Explain 3 problems that Niger faces due to rapid population growth?

Answer 5

-45% live under the poverty line, the economy is the second poorest in the world
-farms become smaller as split between children so food production doesnt keep up with growth so food shortages
-Soil exhaustion and soil erosion as land is over used
-too few teachers, only attend school for 5 years and literacy rate is 19%
-healthcare poor at 2 doctors per 100 000 people
-90% of population lack access to proper sanitation and 50% lack safe drinking water
-deforestation
- not enough jobs

Question 6

what is the literacy rate in Niger

Answer 6

19%

Question 7

what is the ratio of doctors to the population

Answer 7

2 doctors to 100 000 people

Question 8

what case study do you use for population decline

Answer 8

Russia

Question 9

what is Russia’s birth rate

Answer 9

13/1000

Question 10

what is its death rate

Answer 10

14/1000

Question 11

population density of Russia

Answer 11

8 people per km 2

Question 12

what 3 reasons is Russia’s decline due to

Answer 12

low birth rates, high death rates especially in men, emigration

Question 13

Explain 3 reasons why birth rates so low

Answer 13

high female literacy, use of contraception high (70% of all married women use contraception and cost of raising children is high

Question 14

why are death rates especially amongst men so high?

Answer 14

very high intake of alcohol, high incidence of smoking, HIV/AIDS, pollution, poverty

Question 15

what is the life expectancy of men

Answer 15

only 66 compared to 77 for women

Question 16

Which areas have suffered the greatest impact of this decline

Answer 16

rural areas

Question 17

how many villages have been abandoned?

Answer 17

8500

Question 18

which regions have experience the highest rural depopulation

Answer 18

cold northern regions

Question 19

what country do you use for underpopulated?

Answer 19

Australia

Question 20

why is it considered underpopulated?

Answer 20

population density of 3 per km2 and most of interior is uninhabited

More resources abailable than population to be able to exploit them

Question 21

where is most of the population

Answer 21

south east, east and sw

Question 22

what is Australia’s population

Answer 22

24 million

Question 23

Australia-what is the IMR?

Answer 23

3.4 /1000

Question 24

name 3 of the resources Australia is rich in?

Answer 24

coal, iron ore, copper, gold, natural gas, uranium which has attracted a high level of foreign investment

Question 25

why is the high GNI per capita PPP in Australia attractive to migrants?

Answer 25

it shows the opportunities available and the relationship between resources and population/ shows high levels of income

Question 26

what is the population density for Bangladesh

Answer 26

1128 per km 2

Question 27

population of Bangladesh?

Answer 27

163 million

Question 28

IMR Bangladesh

Answer 28

38/1000

Question 29

What % of Bangladesh is unemployed?

Answer 29

40%

Question 30

explain underemployment

Answer 30

people are working less they they would like to and need to to earn enough. This is mainly due to very small plot size in Bangladesh

Question 31

how much of the population of Bangladesh live in the rural areas

Answer 31

4/5 or 45% work in agriculture

Question 32

why is there a high level of rural poverty in Bangladesh

Answer 32

very small cultivatable plots

Question 33

what % of the population is situated in the floodplains of the Ganges?

Answer 33

80%

Question 34

what % of Bangladesh is regularly flooded every monsoon season

Answer 34

40%

Question 35

where do the migrants go to when there is high flooding

Answer 35

Dhaka

Question 36

why is it a problem if the farmers go to Dhaka when there is widespread flooding?

Answer 36

increasing overpopulation, not enough resources and social services- not enough clean drinking water, sanitation, housing, health etc

Question 37

how much cultivable land is lost to urbanisation every yearin Bangladesh

Answer 37

8000 hectares

Question 38

What is the dependency ratio for Japan?

Answer 38

68.9

Question 39

what does a dependency ration of 68.9 mean

Answer 39

this means for every 100 workers in Japan they have to support almost 69 people

Question 40

what % of Japan is elderly dependents?

Answer 40

28%

Question 41

what is the life expectancy in Japan

Answer 41

81 men and 88 women

Question 42

why is the birth rate declining in Japan?

Answer 42

rise in age when women have a child, less couples getting married

Question 43

Japan's population is also in decline what is its growth rate?

Answer 43

-0.19%

Question 44

by 2055 what is Japan's popualtion expected to shrink to

Answer 44

from 126 million to 90 miliion and elderly will then make up 41%

Question 45

what problems does a much smaller proportion of young people create?

Answer 45

schools and colleges have to close and students have to travel further, shortage of young innovative workers, lack of recruits for the army

Question 46

what does Japan have to do to help keep its place as one of the leaders in the high tech industry

Answer 46

increase wages, attract foreign workers

Question 47

how is Japan coping with shortage in workers?

Answer 47

Robts increasing used, rase retirement age, encourage immigration e.g from South Korea or outsource

Question 48

why is an ageing population a burden to Japan

Answer 48

financial burden to provide pensions, specialist health care, carehomes and infrastructure for elderly,

Question 49

how many men more than women in China

Answer 49

32 million

Question 50

what is the shortage of workers predicted for 2030 in China

Answer 50

140 million

Question 51

how many births were prevented from the one child policy

Answer 51

400 million

Question 52

China's one child policy was based on carrot and stick approaches. what does this mean?

Answer 52

Benefits if you kept to the law such as free health, education, transport etc otherwise massive fines, losing state jobs, losing benefits, forced sterilisation and forced abortions

Question 53

define population explosion

Answer 53

rapid pop growth

Question 54

what is the optimum population?

Answer 54

the best balance between the population and the resources avaialble