Population Growth

Question 1

What did Malthus say?

Answer 1

The population would inevitably grow faster than the food supply because food supply would grow arithmetically (1,2,3,4) whereas population would grow geometrically (1,2,4,8).
This would lead to disaster and famine.

Question 2

What did Kaplan say?

Answer 2

Parts of the poor world were collapsing into anarchy because of population growth, urbanisation, resource depletion and tribalism.

Question 3

What did Ehrlich say?

Answer 3

High birth rates in developing countries have led to a population explosion.

Question 4

Afghanistans fertility rate?

Answer 4

Afghanistans fertility rate is 5.4% while their population stands at 31.8 million. Their mortality rate currently stands at 14.1%.

Question 5

Bangladesh…

Answer 5

In Bangladesh it is currently acceptable to have 2 children, this is the approximate amount of children every family has even though many perceive them to be higher
- Family planning and contraception has been largely emphasised within recent years in Bangladesh.

Question 6

Demography?

Answer 6

The study of the population through surveys etc.

Question 7

Demographic transition?

Answer 7

The change from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates.

Question 8

Neo-malthusians?

Answer 8

Modern followers of Malthus’ main argument - that population growth will overtake food supply

Question 9

New Barabarism?

Answer 9

Kaplan’s theory that overpopulation and exhaustion of resources were leading to civil wars in developing countries.