Keller/AP Geography



Sauer/AP*HG

Instructions: Population Fundamentals—Building a Foundation

Find answers to the following questions using the current 2013 World Population Data Sheet.



Answer on a separate piece of paper.

Use the highlights at the beginning of the report to answer the first 10 questions.

1. What is the world’s current population? What is the population projected to be by the year 2050?

2. What is the TFR worldwide?

3. What % of the world’s population lives on less that $2 a day?

4. How much is the population of Africa expected to grow by the year 2050?

5. What conclusions regarding population growth can be made by analyzing the data on AIDS/HIV in Zimbabwe?

6. Briefly reflect on the information regarding population growth in the world’s poorest countries.

7. By 2050 how many youths out of every 10 will be living in developing countries? What major social question will this create?

8. What conclusions can you reach regarding the oldest and youngest countries on p. 2?

9. How much does the world population grow annually?

10. What conclusions can be made regarding the changing population of southern counties on p. 4.

Use the chart to answer the following:

11. Which country, as of 2009, had the highest % of people, ages 15-49 with HIV/AIDS? How does that percentage compare to the country with the highest % outside of that specific continent?

12. In Africa and the world as a whole, is the % of those with AIDS higher for female youths or for male youths?

Rates are often used, instead of absolute numbers, to determine how frequently a population or demographic event is occurring—rates show how common an event is. Rates also make it possible to compare countries that vary greatly in terms of population size.

The crude birth rate (CBR) is the annual number of births per 1,000 population.

13. Which country has the highest CBR? Which country has the lowest?

The crude death rate (CDR) is the annual number of deaths per 1,000 population.

14. Which country has the highest CDR? Which country has the lowest?

The infant mortality rate measures the number of deaths each year to infants less than 1 year of age per 1,000 live births.

15. Which country has the highest infant mortality rate and what is that rate? Which country has the lowest and what is that rate?

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The total fertility rate (TFR) is the average number of children a woman would have if she maintained today's level of childbearing throughout her reproductive years.

16. Which country has the highest TFR and what is the TFR? Besides Hong Kong and Macao, which have lower TFRs, which countries share the next lowest TFR.? What is the TFR?

17. What surprised you the most or caught your attention with regard to the % of women ages 15-49 using contraception?

The age and sex structure of a population refers to the number or proportion of males and females who are in each age category. Age-sex structure tells us about a population's past trends in fertility, mortality, and migration. It also provides information about the population's potential for future growth. The greater the proportion of people in the younger-adult age groups, the greater the potential for more births and population growth. The # of people in a population below the age of 15 and those over the age of 64 compared to rest of the population is known as the dependency ratio.

18. Which country has the "youngest" population, that is, the highest proportion of population under age 15? Which country has the "oldest" population, that is, the highest proportion of population over age 64?

19. In which country are people expected to live the longest? Which country has the lowest life expectancy? Do you notice any trends or patterns?

20. Which African country has the highest proportion of people living in urban areas? In Asia? In Latin America? In Europe? In Oceania?

Gross national income in purchasing power parity per capita (GNI PPP/capita) converts income into "international dollars" and indicates the amount of goods and services one could buy in the United States with a given amount of money. The proportion of the population living on less than U.S. $2 a day at 2005 international prices, which are prices converted using purchasing power parity (PPP) rates.

21. Which country is the wealthiest in terms of GNI PPP/capita? Which is the second wealthiest? Which are the poorest two countries?

22. Which five countries have the highest % of people living on less than U.S. $2 a day?

A population grows because there are more births than deaths or more people are moving in than moving out. The difference between births and deaths is expressed as a percentage called the rate of natural increase.

23. Which major region is growing the fastest through natural increase? Which major region is growing at the slowest rate? Within the major regions identified, which sub regions are growing fastest? … slowest?

24. Which country is growing the fastest through natural increase? Which country is growing at the slowest rate?

25. Rank the major regions according to population size (in descending order) for the present, for 2025, and for 2050. What trend can be observed in terms of population change?

26. Which country has the highest population density, the lowest?

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