wk 4: population growth and DTM

components of growth rate

• globally: birth rate and death rate that matter

  • birth rate - death rate = growth rate

• regionally: have to take in net migration, is positive when ppl are immigrating into

  • birth rate - death rate + migration

crude birth rate by country

• crude birth rate is the number of birth/1000 ppl per year

• 2016: crude birth rate 18.5/1000

• highest in African countries, lowest in highest developed countries

crude death rate by country

• crude death rate is number of deaths per 1000/ year

• 2017: crude death rate for whole world 8.33/1000

• African countries, Russia, Eastern European countries have higher death rate

• lowest death rate: middle eastern (Qatar)

net migration rates

• positive net migration: Canada, Scandinavian counties, Australia

• negative net migration: war torn countries

population growth rate by country

• average annual percent change in population resulting from a surprise or deficit of births over deaths

• balance of migrants entering and leaving a country

• growth: African countries

• deficit South Sudan, syria, Russia

Canada’s growth rate

• 1.4% in 2018 (high)

• immigration is huge driving force

demographic transition model

• describes transition from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates

  • as a country develops from pre industrial to industrialized economic system

• stage 1: high stationary

• stage 2: early expanding

• stage 3: late expanding

• stage 4: low stationary

• stage 5?: declining