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Theme 4: Population Issues

POPULATION STUDIES


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Lesson 1: Introduction to the Gambia and Japan

Key Questions:

What does the population pyramids of Gambia and Japan look like?

What is the population characteristics of the two countries?

Do Now: Copy the following definitions

Youthful Population: a population with a large proportion of people under theage of 15

Aging Population: a population with a large proportion of the people over the

age of 65


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birth rate, death rate, natural increase, median age, lifeexpectancy, sex ratio, dependency ratio, populationgrowth rate, net migration, doubling rate, population

under the age of 15 (%), population over the age of 65

2.7

56.2 34.2

7.7

19.4

1.030.82

-2.6

29

42.5

2.8

26.5

BIRTH RATE

DEATH RATE

NATURAL

INCREASE

MEDIAN AGE

LIFE

EXPECTANCY

SEX RATIO DEPENDENCY

RATIO

POP. GROWTH

RATE

NET

MIGRATION

DOUBLING

RATE

UNDER 15

OVER 65


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birth rate, death rate, natural increase, median age, lifeexpectancy, sex ratio, dependency ratio, populationgrowth rate, net migration, doubling rate, population

under the age of 15 (%), population over the age of 65

0.56

10.1 0

22.6

7.3

-0.1n/a

13.3

44.8

82.9

1.05

-2.8

BIRTH RATE

DEATH RATE

NATURAL

INCREASE

MEDIAN AGE

LIFE

EXPECTANCY

SEX RATIO

DEPENDENCY

RATIO

POP. GROWTH

RATE

NET

MIGRATION

DOUBLING

RATE

UNDER 15

OVER 65


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(a) Describe TWO patterns shown in this graph

(b) What was the difference in the average age of marriage for men and women

in 1905?

(c) Explain ONE reason for the gap in the data in the centre of the graph.


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(a) Describe TWO patterns shown in this graph

(b) What was the population of Gambia in 1975, and what percentage of that

was


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We have done FOUR themes so far ONE to go

Population Distribution

Population Migration

Population Structure

Population Issues


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Youthful and Aging Populations: True or False?

1. Around 95% of The Gambia is Muslim

2. Japan has one of the highest percentages of foreign workers in the world

3. Only 27% of Gambian girls attend high school

4. Life expectancy in Japan increased by 20 years between 1950 and 2006.

5. The Gambian government provides cheap contraception to help reducethe birth rate

6. Japan has a higher than average rate of women participation in the workforce

7. The Gambia is slow growing because its death rates are still very high

8. An aging population does have some positive benefits for Japans economy.

9. A youthful population does have some positive benefits for The Gambias

economy

10. Tokyo is the most expensive city to live in the world

TRUE

TRUE

TRUE

TRUE

TRUE

FALSE

FALSE

FALSE

FALSE

FALSE

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