Demographic-economic paradox

Causes and Effects Europeans are facing the graying of their populations and fertility rates below replacement rate. The elderly population grows while the working age populations is in decline. Immigration is low in most European countries. The demographic current trend of working population decrease may lead to reduction of productivity. The elderly population may led to the medical, pension, and social systems to become overwhelmed. The European Union has goals of full employment and growth…

about scrapping its controversial one child policy, as the country faces a demographic challenge. China’s population is aging and labour force is declining. Could the country create a baby boom? China is facing a big demographic problem as the country now has the biggest and rapidly aging population while the working age population also continues to decline. The situation is made trickier by the fact that China’s economic growth is cooling off. In order to ease the situation the country’s…

There is a fallacy in his assumption, however, as he fails to discern the difference between the socio-economic need for children and rational reproductive behavior. In developed countries, it is not always more rational to have as many children because costs for taking care of children are high. In developing countries, on the other hand, where infant mortality rates are high, there is a socio-economic need for parents to have more children. Due to the natural mechanism of high mortality rates,…

Body-size and time have a unique relationship. Cope’s Rule explains this relationship by stating as time progress so does body-size. As an organism’s lineage ages, the general body-size becomes larger. This increase can have many benefits, but also drawbacks. Things like intelligence, development time, and fecundity are affected by body size. A study just released by Nature though might show that this rule does not always apply. A new effect is being observed that shows body-sizes may actually…

During Phase I both the CBR and the CDR are high, but balance out. Many children die before maturity, and so even though many are born the population does not grow. A population can remain in this state for long periods of time. It corresponds to human populations before industrialization. In Phase II the CDR declines, as it did during the early industrial period. Advances in hygiene and a better understanding of disease led to dramatic declines in child mortality. Because children are still…

The population structure of El Salvador has undergone dramatic changes in the past 26 years. The population has aged since the civil war, with far more people reaching higher ages. Fertility is showing signs that it is beginning to decline thanks to decades of family planning initiatives. The outlook for the future is one of continued fertility and mortality decline, but only if they improve their water and sanitation infrastructure. If mortality and fertility continues to decline, El Salvador…

1. The internal structure of the population has undergone disruptive changes in the world before the demographic transition, the population ratio of more than 40% of children, the elderly population aged 65 and above 4% or less, the age structure of the population pyramid is positive, it is the human population fully completed after the demographic transition, the proportion of the population of children dropped to 20%, while the proportion of elderly aged 65 and over population will exceed 20%…

Reading a population pyramid is relatively simple. In the examples below you will see a few different types of data that. The x-axis displays the number of people, and the y-axis is the age group that corresponds with the amount of people. You will also notice that there is a red and black side of the pyramid. Colors may differ with other graphs, but in this case males are in red and females are in black. Population pyramids can display some interesting and useful data. The graphs themselves can…

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…

Analyzing Demographics There was an increase in the total aging population as well as the 65 and over population from 2012 to 2015. This increase in the older population will affect social and economical interests. Baby boomers are largely responsible for this increase in the older population (U.S. Census Bureau, 20014). With this boom comes change. The older population will become more racially and ethically diverse (U.S. Census Bureau, 20014). With change can come complications and…