China population growth
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CHINA POPULATION GROWTH
CURRENT POPULATION Huge increase
per year
2010 Population: 1,338,299,512 20% of world
pop.
DYNASTIC CHINA POPULATION GROWTH Tumultuous history of battle
Sui dynasty Goguryeo-Sui War Song dynasty Battle of Yamen
Rapid population increase duringQing dynasty Stabilization from wars/conflicts Crop import food source Good tax reform
Demographic transition: Stage 2
Low death rate
High birth rate
High population growth rate
PROBLEMS CAUSED
Extreme population growth1953-1964: 112 million
The Great Leap Forward (1958 to 1961)
Industry and agricultureModernize Chinese economyWaste of fertile crop land20 million deaths
ONE CHILD POLICY One child per family 20 years:
Pop. growth of 1.3 billion 300 million reduced Speeds up pop. progress
CHINA 2011 POPULATION PYRAMID
Demographic transition: Stage 3
Decreasing birth rate
Low death rate
Child dependency ratio: 0.30% Aged dependency ratio: 0.11%
Total dependency ratio: 0.42%
Demographic transition: Stage 4
Low death rate Low birth rate
LINGERING 4-2-1 PROBLEM
Spoiled
CONSEQUENCES
Gender imbalance Orphaned babies Mass gendercide
8 million abortions Slowed by 2005 Sex ratio at birth: 1.133 2020: 24 million men
OLD IDEOLOGIES VS INCENTIVES
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