Population

Diapositiva 1

demographic model

• stage 1 - high fluctuating
• Economy not developed
• birth and death rate high
• famine and dieses cause this
• fluctuation - pop up and down
• stage 2 - early expanding
• Economy starts to develop
• birth rate still high
• death rate is declining because of better medical supplies food and water
• pop grows quickly

demographic model

• stage 3 - late expanding
• economy is still improving
• birth declines cause of family planning
• pop slows down
• stage 4 - low fluctuating
• economy is developed
• most people live long lives and have less children
• br and dr are low
• pop fluctuates slowly
• stage 5 - senile
• people are focused on careers - have less children
• br is less than death rate
• pop decrease

Factors that influence population

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• 1. Food
• When a country develops food supply improves
• people eat healthy and then they live longer which means populations grows.
• The population in Ireland declined during the Great Famine 1845 - 1849
• The poor people had no food when the potatoes crop failed and the good food was exported and Death rate was high
• In Brazil the population has trebled in recent times as there is plenty of food
• 2. War
• reduces population
• soldiers and civilians get killed
• death rate is high
• women and men get separated for long periods of time so birth drops
• Ireland lost thousands of soldiers during world war 1 and 2

Diapositiva 5

• 3. Education -
• Better education leads to lower br because people can read and write and understand family planning.
• Educated woman go to work and don't have big families
• In Ireland is is compulsory to go to high school = which leads to people getting a good education
• 4. Health - better water, food supplies, and medicine results in less disease and deaths

Diapositiva 6

• 5. Place of women in Society - women want equality with men - as women become more empowered in decision making - br lowers
• 6.Technology - some technology makes people live longer, medical equipment saves lives, pumps help to provide safer water