POPULATION PREDICTION PROBLEMS

COMPOUNDING PEOPLE MAKE COMPOUNDING PROBLEMS

• Fertility rate is the most important indicator of population
• The problem is that the fertility level grows exponentially
• In Japan if a woman has on child that has one child it has one grandchild
• In Uganda if one has seven who have seven more there're 49 grandchildren

PEOPLE MOVE

• Emigration is people leaving a country
• Immigration is people entering a country
• The most common reason is economic problems
• Food, job, or economy based
• People with threatened life or freedom are refugees

CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS

• Religion- no matter where or how much money
• Some like Catholics or Mormons encourage big families
• Government policy- like China
• The only one child rule effects the birth rates.

WARS AND DISEASE

• War mostly effects men ages 20-40
• Africa has to struggle with AIDS
• It messes up the prediction process
• Can the whole planet go through the transition process at the same time?

HOW DOES THIS EFFECT US?

• Will the economies be able to keep up with the growth?
• How will the world adapt to support more people?
• We need to come together and support other countries and people.
• More children means more food, shelter, and education.