Human Population Demographics Lab

Human Population Demographics:

1.What was your high fertility rate country and what was its fertility rate?The high fertility rate country that I chose to compare with the world was Somalia, which is located within the continent of Africa.The fertility rate for this country was very high with 7.11 children.

Figure 1: Population of the world compared to that of Somalia. Fertility rate was 7.11 children.

2. What was your low fertility rate country and what was its fertility rate?The low fertility rate country that I chose to compare with the world was South Korea, which is located within the continent of Asia. The fertility rate for this country was very low with 1.70 children.

Figure 2: Population of the world compared to that of South Korea. Fertility rate was 1.70 children.

3. The initial demographic "shape" of your high fertility rate country should have been a pyramid, with high population in young age groups. Explain why high fertility rate results in a high percentage of young people in the population. How does this affect future population growth?The high fertility rates that were present in Somalia, and other areas of the world, had shown that the population contained a high percentage of young people. This occurs due to the increase of more women entering the reproductive age range than older women leaving them. And, this also happens due to the majority of people living in poverty. This will effect future population growth by the continuance of younger people entering reproductive stages that will keep the growth of population at an increasing level, causing scarcity in water, loss of biodiversity, and addition of more pollution to the Earth.

4. Your low fertility rate country might have had a more oval-shaped curve with high population in middle age groups. This is especially exaggerated if the fertility rate is below 2.00. Explain why low fertility rate leads to lots of middle-aged people.The low fertility rates that were present in South Korea, and other areas of the world, had shown that the population contained a higher percentage of middle-aged people. This occurs due to the decline of death rate that was affected by the development of modern medicine, public health, and socioeconomic conditions.

5. Write ten adjectives or descriptive phrases for what you might expect life, people's attitudes, conditions on the streets, etc. will be like in each of those situations. Imagine a situation with lots of middle-aged and older people in the population and write ten quick "brain-storm" descriptors for you think it would be like (Prescott, Arizona?). Then do the same for a situation with lots of children in the population.
Ten adjectives for what life, people’s attitudes, and conditions on the streets would be like in Prescott, Arizona if there were a lot of middle-aged/older people in the population:
1. unexciting
2. stagnant
3. pollution would decrease
4. deserted
5. repetitive
6. slow pace
7. use of resources wouldn’t be in such high demand
8. lack of variety, such as activities to do
9. oss of childlike feelings
10. a lot of naps
Ten adjectives for what life, people’s attitudes, and conditions on the streets would be like in Prescott, Arizona if there were a lot of children in the population:
1. stimulating
2. inhabited
3. gathering of different backgrounds
4. use of resources would be in higher demand
5. development of new ideas
6. fast pace
7. interactive
8. more crime
9. loss of biodiversity
10. a lot of naps

Sources:
simon.cs.vt.edu/geosim/IntlPop/IntlPop.html