Studied by 3 people
CDRs
______ are leveling off/rising in countries advanced in the demographic transition leading to an aging population.
World population projection in 2011
7 billion people
1960
When the world population was 3 billion
39
Between 1960-1999, the doubling time was _____ years
Demographic transition
Why the demography of the 1960s was so unusual?
Sub-Saharan Africa
In 1960s, ________ had a record for food production
Norman Borlaug
Led the Green Revolution
Future challenges
Global warming, rapid increase in food prices, extreme poverty
Important authors in demography
Malthus, William Godwin, William Stanley Jevons
Growth
In 1960, there was an unprecedented rate of population _______
0
The world population growth rate will approach ____ by 2100
Never
The world population growth will ____ double again in 40 years
China
There was a decline of population in poverty from 1981-2005 in _____
Note
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