In Hans Rosling’s video, he argues that the overpopulation myth can be gloomier than the reality is, as people are working out their way in response to the population growth. In this case, the statement of overpopulation doesn’t mean a poorer living condition and poverty.
Hans Rosling states that the challenge of population growth has been solved by the economic change and developments happening in countries, which lead to the demographic change in the average number of children per family in the world switching from about 6 to 2 after the sequential improvements of wage level and education condition around the world after the industrial revolution. He mentions the decrease in the average amounts of babies born per woman in Bangladesh as an example reflecting the developing countries. In the given example of Bangladesh, Hans states that the education is popularizing, which means that women can have their access to a better condition of education. In addition, the lowering rate of child mortality ensures the adequate supply of labor, with the fact that more clean water access and better sanitation are provided. The women in Bangladesh …show more content…
During the 1960s, the world is divided by the measurement of fertility rate, mortality rate and life expectancy in different areas. However, as of today, some developing countries, such as China, are catching up with the pace of the developed countries as huge development being witnessed. Among these countries, the fertility rate and mortality rate are both dropped, while the life expectancy is rising. In the dynamic diagram Rosling shows in the video where the x-axis indicates the number of babies born per woman and the y-axis indicates the life expectancy, countries, presented as dots, tend to converge together as time changing. Therefore, Hans Rosling stated that the world today is no longer divided as it was in the past, which I agree with what he
Hans Rosling states that the challenge of population growth has been solved by the economic change and developments happening in countries, which lead to the demographic change in the average number of children per family in the world switching from about 6 to 2 after the sequential improvements of wage level and education condition around the world after the industrial revolution. He mentions the decrease in the average amounts of babies born per woman in Bangladesh as an example reflecting the developing countries. In the given example of Bangladesh, Hans states that the education is popularizing, which means that women can have their access to a better condition of education. In addition, the lowering rate of child mortality ensures the adequate supply of labor, with the fact that more clean water access and better sanitation are provided. The women in Bangladesh …show more content…
During the 1960s, the world is divided by the measurement of fertility rate, mortality rate and life expectancy in different areas. However, as of today, some developing countries, such as China, are catching up with the pace of the developed countries as huge development being witnessed. Among these countries, the fertility rate and mortality rate are both dropped, while the life expectancy is rising. In the dynamic diagram Rosling shows in the video where the x-axis indicates the number of babies born per woman and the y-axis indicates the life expectancy, countries, presented as dots, tend to converge together as time changing. Therefore, Hans Rosling stated that the world today is no longer divided as it was in the past, which I agree with what he