Animated Population Graphs Canada

Animated Population Graph: Canada


INED Questions

Source: http://www.ined.fr/en/everything_about_population/animations/world_population/

1.How many people are added to the world population every second?
2.What is the projection by the UN for the levelling off of the population?
3.When did the world population reach one billion?
4.What happened to the time interval between each of the next billions?
5.Why did the population grow so much faster after the18th century?
6.How was the world population kept in balance?
7.Which factors helped reduce populations?
8.What was the role of hygiene and diet play in the reduction of mortality?
9.In which stage of the demographic transition did the birthrate start to decline?
10.How long did the demographic transition last in Europe?
11.How has the demographic transition become a global phenomenon?
12.What will the future bring?

Source: http://www.ined.fr/en/everything_about_population/animations/birth/

1.What is the reproductive life of the average woman?
2.What is the maximum number of children a woman could give birth to during this time?
3.What leads to a decline of this number to an average maximum of 15 children?
4.Which three factors would further reduce the number of children most women would give birth to?
5.Assuming that women do not have children until they get married, how would the age of marriage affect the number of children a woman gives birth to?
6.Which continent shows the youngest average age of marriage?
7.How many children in the world today are breastfed for at least 19 months?
8.Name the most common methods of birth control.

Source: http://www.ined.fr/en/everything_about_population/animations/lifetime/

1.What is a survival curve?
2.What percentage of the French population did not even reach age one in 1750?
3.What is meant by the median length of life?
4.Which two factors have helped increase the median life?
5.How has the French median life changed from 1750 to 1970?
6.How has the median age changed from 1970 to 2000?
7.What are the major reasons for deaths at an old age?

Source: http://www.ined.fr/en/everything_about_population/animations/fecondity/

1.Write a short paragraph in which you describe how demographers calculate the fertility rate.

Source: http://www.ined.fr/en/everything_about_population/animations/life_expectancy/

1.Describe the concept of life expectancy.

Source: http://www.ined.fr/en/everything_about_population/animations/age_pyramid/

1. Describe how population pyramids change and why.