Population

Barbuda's population has been growing steadily for decades and is currently projected to continue this growth. According to statistics there is a net Increase of 1 person every 1440 minutes. In addition to this the life expectancy of the average person in the population is 76.577 years. Between the years of 2016 and 2017, the population grew by 1.04%. Antigua’s constant growth in population positively impacts business and government in the country. This can be said because steady population…

DEMOGRAPHICAL SHIFT AND THE AUSTRALIAN ECONOMY “Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio. Subsistence on the other hand increases only in an arithmetical ratio.” – Thomas Malthus (Population Matters, n.d) This has been the current situation prevalent in Australia. There has been an upward shift in the demography of Australia that has adversely affected the economic performance of the country. The working age segment of 15-64 years has been projected to decline and the aged…

Since Thomas Robert Malthus first forwarded his theory of population in 1798, it has been an influential and widely-debated economic topic. To fully understand the relevance and cogency of Malthus’ population theory, here we analyze the strength of Malthus’ key justifications and conclusions from both historical and modern perspectives. Malthus was the first to present a formal socioeconomic analysis of the population growth potential in terms of the availability of resources. Concisely,…

(a) The Paramecium population in the lab (graph a) appears to have a logistical population growth. Visually, the data and trend line of the graph create an S-shaped curve, which is the shape of a logistical population growth. A logistical population growth is a population growth that initially occurs at a constant rate of increase over time, but then levels out as the carrying capacity of the environment is approached. For 10 days the population increases at a steady rate. However, after day 10…

Human Population Ever since the industrial revolution occurred in the 1800’s the total human population has been increasing and still is increasing. Our human population is said to be around 7.3 billion people, scientists have predicted that in the next 10-20 years the human population will increase and reach around 10 billion people. Of course each country has a different human population there are counties with huge number of human population and others with low number of human population,…

Populations More Vulnerable to Environmental Changes All humans depend on the environment in which we live in, so environmental crises will increasingly devastate humans’ lives. The usual victims of these crises are often poor minorities with little resources and less opportunities. The effects of these crises are bad enough on the global population, but in addition to these, certain groups are being targeted and discriminated. The example of Native American and African American history in this…

When comparing the population pyramids for Malawi from 1977 (earliest) to 2050 it is seen that the country had a high fertility, low life expectancy, and high mortality rate in 1977. Moving into the next period (1990), fertility and mortality remain relatively high, and life expectancy is seen to gradually be increasing as more people are surviving to the older age groups. Which is seen, as most of the population resides at the base of the pyramid, the population is young, and very few of the…

Population and gender are one of the major geographic themes when dealing with specific regions. There are some specific differences between North America and Europe when it comes to population and gender. North America and Europe have many similarities in the aspect of gender and fertility and population distribution but these regions also have their distinct differences. North America is “one of the largest, wealthiest, and most politically powerful regions in the world” (Pulsipher 60).…

A Planet with a Population Problem Over seven billion people living on Earth. Over one million living in extreme poverty, and almost one million people starving. Nearly twice as many people being born than dying. The population on Earth is continuously growing, but Earth’s size itself is not. So where are we to put all these people when we run out of space? Resources are being depleted, basic needs are not being met, poverty and starvation rates are sky high, and economies are suffering as well…

effect on the population on both the planets Earth and Mars. The population of Earth would firstly be affected by those who go to colonize Mars and secondly by any other restrictions put upon them to ensure the survival of the Mars colony. The population of Mars would be affected by the initial colony arrival and affected more with the growth of the colony over time. As the colony on Mars goes on the population on Mars will likely rise and the exponential growth of Earth’s population will likely…