Definitions

Pessimist/Malthusian – claimed that population would soon outstrip food supply, leading to famine, disease, and social disorder. Malthus’s predictions were not realized, since he did not foresee the improvements in agriculture, hygiene, and medicine. Also, millions of people migrated to British colonies to cultivate farmlands there, which eased population pressure.

Neo Malthusian – predict that disaster will overtake populations in the world’s poorest developing countries in the next 50 years due to increasing global warming, shortages of arable land, conflicts over fresh water, declining fish stocks, and the spread of AIDS or other diseases. Africa will be most vulnerable to these threats.

Optimist/Cornucopian – Those with an optimistic outlook on population growth are called cornucopians. They have faith in mankind’s ability to find innovations, such as solar and wind energy, that will increase Earth’s carrying capacity.

Kenya is in stage two of the demographic transition model. This means there population is rapidly increasing, and they are using violence to food and land. They currently have no way to stop the rapid growth of population. “Centres are overstretched we need more then double the number of clinics across the country but there is no resources”

box to box has a optimist view on global population growth .They believe that through technology in developing countries we can slow down and control the population growth. They need to encourage education and escape from poverty in order to work towards the goal. We can stop populati0n growth by “Continue to improve child survival to 90 percent” and make smart investments.

Population Pyramid

dependency ratio: 50.08135366

the dependency ratio is low. There seems to be a fairly equal divide between males except with more females in the older division. the birth rates are getting smaller but they are higher then the death rates which means the population is growing. this is a contracting pyramid. the majority of Australia population is ages 20- 49. Australia is currently in stage 4 of the DTM. Australia needs to prepare there health care system for a large group of seniors to come in with a low amount of doctors to take care of them. They also may need more nursing homes and other facilities for elders. They might have shortage of employers due to the amount of people reaching retirement. they have some years to figure out a plan before this happens.

Demography

1. Canadian and British Columbia’s population has grown rapidly over time and numbers show it will continue to grow.
2. The Birth rates where high in 2012 and 2013 but have started to decrease since. The death rates have gone up since 2012.
4. The natural increase for Canada is going up and down since 2012. The natural increase for British Columbia has gone down since 2012.
5. The Birth Rate would be most important because if the birth rate is going up it would mean there would be more business for the company.
6. It could be useful for schools, if there is a lot of new babies being born they are going to need more room in schools.
7. I would build more schools to fit all the kids in. Because the population is growing our schools are going to become very crowded and to ensure valuable learning the class needs to be small enough so therefore more classrooms and schools need to be made