Population Profiles(Age Distribution)

Population profiles…..

1. compare the proportion of males and females in a population.

Population profiles…..

1. compare the proportion of males and females in a population.

2. compare the distribution of age classes in a population.

Population profiles…..

1. compare the proportion of males and females in a population.

2. compare the distribution of age classes in a population.

3. allow one to predict the future of a country’s population.

Population profiles…..

1. compare the proportion of males and females in a population.

2. compare the distribution of age classes in a population.

3. allow one to predict the future of a country’s population.

4. allow one to analyze the phase in Human Demographic Transition of a country.

United States

Note that….

1. the ratio of males to females is relatively equal during childhood and through the working age years.

Note that….

1. the ratio of males to females is relatively equal during childhood and through the working age years.

2. as the population ages, the women outnumber men.

Note that….

1. the ratio of males to females is relatively equal during childhood and through the working age years.

2. as the population ages, the women outnumber men.Men tend to work more dangerous jobs, take more risks than women, and are less careful with their health than women.

Note that the U.S. population has reached that point where parents realize that children are expensive and rather unnecessary. We’re close to Post-industrialism.

The next slide will show an “average” of other countries that have reached the Industrial Phase of Demographic Transition.

MDC’s

MDC’s

Note that adults make up the majority of the population. Children are unnecessary regarding the welfare of parents.

LDC’s

If you walked the streets in the cities of these countries, you would be overwhelmed by the sheer number of children.

LDC’s

In LDC’s the vast majority of the population is either of reproductive age or they will be in the future.

LDC’s

What will the population of a country like this look like in the future?

LDC’s

What will the population of a country like this look like in the future? This profile will continue but the bottom will be wider.

A country with this “pyramid-shaped population profile is in Phase II of Demographic Transition (Transitional Phase).

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Kenya1998

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Kenya1998

Kenya2008

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Italy is a country whose population has a much higher percentage of adults than children.

Italy is a country whose population has a much higher percentage of adults than children. This is the population profile of a country in the Post –industrial Phase of Demographic Transition.

India has more than 1 billion people in its population and based on this population profile, what does the future hold for it?

India has more than 1 billion people in its population and based on this population profile, what does the future hold for it?

Continued growth.

China also has well over 1 billion people. This is China’s 1970 population profile.

The Chinese government recognized that if its population were to continue to grow as it was in the 1950’s through the 1970’s it would run out of a necessary resource

The Chinese government recognized that if its population were to continue to grow as it was in the 1950’s through the 1970’s it would run out of a necessary resource; water.

The Chinese government decided to do something that no country had done before. It would attempt to manage its human population.

The Chinese government decided to do something that no country had done before. It would attempt to manage its human population.

1974 - Please limit your family to one child. Limited cooperations. Culturally, the Chinese depended on their children to care for them in their old age.

The Chinese government decided to do something that no country had done before. It would attempt to manage its human population.

1974 - Please limit your family to one child. Little response. Culturally, the Chinese depended on their children to care for them in their old age.

1978 - One Child Policy – families living in certain provinces were “told” to have only one child. Those living in rural villages in agrarian societies could have more.

Objections from human rights activists, primarily those in the U.S. said that this imposed on peoples’ right to “reproductive freedom”.

Objections from human rights activists, primarily those in the U.S. said that this imposed on peoples’ right to “reproductive freedom”.

China’s attitude –

Objections from human rights activists, primarily those in the U.S. said that this imposed on peoples’ right to “reproductive freedom”.

China’s attitude – this isn’t your business.

Has it worked?

Has it worked?

China has grown from one of the more impoverished nations to one of the most prosperous between 1978 and today.

Has it worked?

China has grown from one of the more impoverished nations to one of the most prosperous between 1978 and today.

The following profiles will show the history of China’s population from 1950 and into the future.

China

All done!