Population + Migration Flashcards

Question

A country which is overpopulated OR A country with a high rate of natural population growth

Answer 1

Poland to UK

Answer 2

Demographic Transition Model Stage 1: Death and birth rates are fluctuating and low population Stage 2: Death rates decrease but birth rates are still high. Population also increases Stage 3: birth rates start decreasing as the death rates continue to decrease and population increases Stage 4: Population is high and death and birth rates are the same Stage 5: Population decrease. Natural decrease as birth rates decrease

Answer 3

economic growth brought on by a change in the structure of a country's population

Answer 4

NIGERIA - 5.4 FERTILITY RATE. 62/1000 INFANT MORTALITY RATE. Women have a lot of children expecting few to survive - GDP INCREASING SINCE 2000. NOW 440.8 BILLION USD. More development and medicine. people survive. - DEATH RATE DECREASED TO 11.8. Improved health care facility

Answer 5

NIGERIA - 62% LITERACY RATE. lack of education, not enough space in schools - INCREASING INFANT MORTALITY RATE 62/1000. larger workforce in the future. positive impact - 22% ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER. water shortage and unhealthy water

Answer 6

NIGERIA - IMR in 2004 = 6. NOW = 5.4. women have less children - CHILD MORTALITY RATE 5.6% family planning being introduced - 17% WOMEN HAVE ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTIVES

Answer 7

NIGERIA - FERTILITY RATE 5.4. IMR 62/1000 high carrying capacity - 2.58% GROWTH RATE. 62% LITERACY RATE. lack of facilities. homeless. people die, less people working. - DECREASING MORTALITY RATE = 2.57% DECLINE FROM 2021 no balance of birth and death rates

Answer 8

NIGERIA - 85000+ LIVE IN SLUMS. 27,000 DIE FROM BAD SANITATION - 206 MILLION POP. 50 MILLION HAVE JOBS. traffic increases. more pollution. lung disease - AVERAGE AGE IS 18. DEATH RATE IS 11.8 increased demand for food

Answer 9

NIGERIA - 5.4 FERTILITY RATE population planning like on-child policy - 648 MILLION UNEMPLOYED offer more jobs - 24.4 MILLION HOMELESS invest money to make houses.

Answer 10

AUSTRALIA - 85%+ LIVE ON COAST middle of country is a big desert. less than 500 people live there - 14% OF WORLD COAL SUPPLY IS IN AUSTRALIA. 70% OF COAL PRODUCED IS EXPORTED not good living conditions - taken up by mines they have a lot of resources - 0.2% ANNUAL GROWTH RATE. 83 LIFE EXPECTANCY low natural increase and unemployment rate

Answer 11

AUSTRALIA - Shortage of workers = lower economic activity - 67 RETIREMENT AGE might be lowered so that more people are paying taxes - 55% OF POP. IS YOUNG DEPENDENT schools might close because of uneven teacher:student ratio

Answer 12

AUSTRALIA - 30% OF POP. IS MIGRANTS more migrants = larger work force - 1.58 FERTILITY RATE government subsidies in child care. more children because people can afford - off incentives to have more children.

Answer 13

JAPAN - LOW DEATH RATE 11.1/1000 increasing old dependent population. as country develops economically, money spent on healthcare so they live longer - 1.3 FERTILITY RATE education develops and so does women's role in society. family planning, can't afford, contraception. - 4.97 TRILLION usd GDP as economy grows stronger, families can't afford babies

Answer 14

JAPAN - 50% OF POP. IS OLD DEPENDENT old dependent is bigger than economically active. unbalanced population pyramid. not enough pensions - 84 LIFE EXPECTANCY workforce has to work for longer to keep paying for pensions - DECREASING BIRTH RATE 7/1000. RETIREMENT AGE 64 future workforce will be very young. retirement age might increase

Answer 15

JAPAN - 25,000 ROBOTS social security system. robots to provide nursing care - 99% ADULT LITERACY RATE education needs to be good quality so that future workforce can have well-paid jobs. - RETIREMENT AGE is 64 increasing retirement age so that future workforce isn't very young

Answer 16

JAPAN - DEATH RATES DECREASED TO 11/1000 population rapidly ageing - LIFE EXPECTANCY IN 2009 = 82. NOW = 84 developing medical health care and living longer - RETIREMENT AGE IS 65 this is too low because more elderly people to give pensions and build nursing homes for.

Answer 17

JAPAN - LABOUR FORCE DECREASED FROM 68.7 to 66.8 MILLION hard to support old dependent because labour force is shrinking - 99% LITERACY RATE more money (taxes) needed for pensions, nursing homes, facilities. higher education = good jobs - 4.9% DECLINE OF BIRTH RATES. 11/1000 DEATH RATE shortage of labour supply since birth and death rates are decreasing

Answer 18

JAPAN - RETIREMENT AGE IS 65 increasing retirement age for bigger economically active population - 1.3 FERTILITY RATE become pro-natal (encourage having more babies) country and offer incentives - TAX INCOME NOW 22.3% increase tax income so that pensions can be equal

Answer 19

AUSTRALIA AND SINGAPORE - A: 40% UNINHABITABLE. 80%+ LIVE IN COASTAL AREAS vast areas of desert make living there hard - S: 100% LIVE IN URBAN AREAS. IMR 1.8/1000 more job opportunities. many facilities. low infant mortality rate. good healthcare - A: central desert regions are hard to access - trade, no available areas - S: next to strait of Johor. easy access to water, trading routes, agriculture - A: 37,000 EMPLOYEES IN MINING INDUSTRY NOW. 492.6K UNEMPLOYED people work in coal mining factories but there was a decline in coal mining industry. - S: 124000 UNEMPLOYED people have jobs in the city

Answer 20

AUSTRALIA AND SINGAPORE - A: 70% OF COAL PRODUCED IS EXPORTED decisions made by government mostly for urban and developed areas. many resources available. - S: increase in consumption: food, water, fossil fuels, land. not much land = not many natural resources - A: LESS THAN 500 PEOPLE LIVING IN DESERT AREAS psychological wellbeing of citizens - isolation. - S: 118 CAR ACCIDENTS traffic congestion. gas from stationary cars = respiratory illness, air pollution - A: 63% LITERACY RATE. low tax yields = public spending from government. poorer quality of services. - S: 97.6% LITERACY RATE. 1050 HOMELESS. higher cost of living. housing shortages = more money/space needed.

Answer 21

POLAND TO UK - 1.3 MILLION JOB VACANCIES IN UK job opportunities in the UK - leisure, construction and farming. - UK HDI=0.93. POLAND = 0.876 infrastructure, schools, healthcare - 37% ENGLISH SPEAKERS IN POLAND experience life abroad and learn english

Answer 22

POLAND TO UK - UNEMPLOYMENT IN POLAND 20% AND YOU UNEMPLOYMENT IS 40%+ not very good job opportunities in poland - income is 4 times lower in poland than in uk - pound sterling has a high value and exchange rates are higher in poland. good for remittances

Answer 23

POLAND TO UK (host country) pros: - 1.3 MILLION JOB VACANCIES. larger work force. - 800,000+ MIGRANTS FROM POLAND cheaper and more flexible labour - GDP = 3.187 TRILLION DOLLARS higher tax revenue. more tax expenditure on schools, road, facilities cons: - AVERAGE 115 HOURS IN TRAFFIC YEARLY congestion, strain on traffic infrastructure. -leakages: when money leaves the economy e.g. remittances - 26 MILLION + HECTARES OF TREES LOST 2014-2018 environment damage and deforestation for fuel

Answer 24

POLAND(country of origin) TO UK pros: - GDP INCREASED BY ABOUT 5.6% 2020 TO 2022 remittances. pound sterling has a higher value. - UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WENT DOWN FROM 12.8% IN 2019 TO 5.2% IN 2022 decreased unemployment rate - paying fewer benefits = more money spent on facilities and pensions cons: - GDP: 674 BILLION decreased tax revenues/expenditures. reduce in pensions and money spent on schools/hospitals. negative multiplier effect. - 124 PEOPLE PER KM SQUARED sparse population. abandoned settlements. - xenophobia, prosecution. bad psychological wellbeing. high cost of living

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