HL Geography - Unit 1: Changing Populations

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the Demographic Transition Model

a model based on historical population trends of two demographic characteristics - birth rate and death rate, suggesting a country's total population growth rate cycles through stages as that country develops economically.

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1939 Code de la Famille

a French pro-natal policy still present today which includes generous maternity grants and a reduction on public transport for families. providing an incentive to have children despite the economic crisis

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1.9

France’s fertility rate as a result of the pro-natal policy

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1970 - 2015 One Child Policy

an anti-natal policy started in China when its population hit 1 billion. It included forced abortions, sterilizations and fines. This caused overcrowded orphanages and high rates of infanticide.

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116:100

The gender imbalance as a result of Chinese cultural son preference during the anti-natal policy

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400 million

the amount of births prevented by the anti-natal policy according to the Chinese Government

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United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking

UN-GIFT acronym

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GIFT launched on the 26th of March 2007

an anti-trafficking policy which aims to mobilize state and non-state actors to eradicate human trafficking

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1.6 million in 1950 to 16 million by 2000

Mumbai megacity population growth

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26’357 per km2

Mumbai’s population density, the highest in the world

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Mumbai

the wealthiest city on the north-west Indian coast and a significant trading point

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75%

the percentage of Mumbai’s population which live in slums

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the Republic of South Africa

the southernmost country of the African continent

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50 per km2

the population density of South Africa

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27.6 years

the median age of South Africa

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Female(66) Male(60)

life expectancy of South Africa

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Eastern half

the more densely populated part of South Africa

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Gauteng

the economic core of South Africa

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33%

unemployment rate in South Africa

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62.6%

estimated poverty in 2022 in South Africa

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152 per km2

the population density of China

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1.42 billion

population of China, being the second-most populous country in the world

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Female(79) Male(74)

average life expectancy of China

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Western China

the least populated region of China

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65%

the literacy rates in rural areas in China

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84%

the literacy rates in urban areas in China

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100 cities

the number of cities in China with a population over 1 million

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6

the number of Megacities in China

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160 million

the number of people who have left rural China since 1978

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1960s, shortly after the Korean War

when South-Korea’s demographic dividend began

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life expectancy of 53 and total fertility rate of 6.3

South-Korea TFR and life expectancy in 1960

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life expectancy of 68 and total fertility rate of 2.2

South-Korea TFR and life expectancy in 1985

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life expectancy of 79 and total fertility rate of 1.2

South-Korea TFR and life expectancy in 2005

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life expectancy of 83 and total fertility rate of 0.84


South-Korea TFR
and life expectancy in 2022

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Rohingya

a Muslim ethnic minority group living in the predominantly Buddhist Myanmar

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1982

the Rohingya have been denied citizenship since…

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August 2017

the start of the largest exodus of the Rohingya people after a massive wave of violence

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742’000

the number of people forced to seek refuge in Bangladesh in 2017

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960’000

the number of Rohingya refugees currently in Bangladesh

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the Syrian Civil War

created the biggest displacement and refugee crisis in recent years

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more than half of the population

the number of Syrian people displaced by the Civil War

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500’000

the number of deaths resulting by the armed conflict in Syria

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13.3 million

the estimated number of displaced people in Syria

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3.6 million

the number of Syrian refugees hosted by Turkey