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Key Concepts
Factors affecting human population size
Human population problems
Managing population growth
Annual world
population growth
<1%
1-1.9%
2-2.9%
3+%
Data not
available
Fig. 11.3, p. 240
Fertility Rates
Replacement-level fertility Total fertility rate (TFR)
4-4.9
2-2.9
5+
3-3.9
No
Data
World War II
Baby boom
1950
1960
Year
1980
1990
2000
2010
Availability of pensions
Availability of reliable birth control
Availability of legal abortions
Religious beliefs and traditions
Cultural norms
Infant deaths
per 1,000 live births
<10
<10-35
<36-70
<71-100
<100+
Data not
available
Developed Countries
30
Rate of
natural
increase
20
10
50
Crude
birth rate
40
Rate of
natural increase
40
Crude
death rate
20
Year
190
0
195
0
Crude
birth rate
30
10
10
775 1800 1850
Developed Countries
50
200
0
205
0
Year
10
775 1800 1850
Crude
death rate
190
0
195
0
200
0
205
0
Female
Rapid Growth
Guatemala
Nigeria
Saudi Arabia
Ages 0-14
Slow Growth
United States
Australia
Canada
Ages 15-44
Zero Growth
Spain
Austria
Greece
Negative Growth
Germany
Bulgaria
Sweden
Ages 45-85+
Solutions: Influencing
Population Size
Migration
Environmental refugees
Reducing births
Family planning
Empowerment of women
Economic rewards and penalties
Stage 3
Industrial
Stage 4
Postindustrial
High
80
70
Stage 1
Preindustrial
60
50
Birth rate
40
30
Death rate
20
10
0
Total population
Low
Increasing Growth Very high Decreasing
Low
Zero
growth rate
growth rate
growth rate growth rate growth rate growth rate
Low
Negative
growth rate
Fig. 11.26, p. 255
Time
Stage 3
Industrial
Stage 4
Postindustrial
High
80
70
60
50
Birth rate
40
30
Death rate
20
10
0
Total population
Low Increasing GrowthVery high Decreasing
Low
Zero
Negative
growth rate growth rate growth rategrowth rategrowth rategrowth rate growth rate
Stage 1
Preindustrial
Low
Time
Stage 1
Preindustrial
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Stage 2
Transitional
Stage 3
Industrial
Stage 4
Postindustrial
Relative population size
Birth rate
Death rate
Total population
Low Increasing GrowthVery high Decreasing
Low
Zero
Negative
growth rate growth rate growth rategrowth rategrowth rategrowth rate growth rate
Low
Time
Stage 1
Preindustrial
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Stage 2
Transitional
Stage 3
Industrial
Stage 4
Postindustrial
Relative population size
Birth rate
Death rate
Total population
Low Increasing GrowthVery high Decreasing
Low
Zero
Negative
growth rate growth rate growth rategrowth rategrowth rategrowth rate growth rate
Low
Time
Stage 1
Preindustrial
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Stage 2
Transitional
Stage 3
Industrial
Stage 4
Postindustrial
Relative population size
LDC
Birth rate
Death rate
MDC
Total population
Low Increasing GrowthVery high Decreasing
Low
Zero
Negative
growth rate growth rate growth rategrowth rategrowth rategrowth rate growth rate
Low
Time