Question

POPULATION STATISTICS FOR CHINA AND INDIA, 2018

Rate
of
Count
Total
Populat
ion
(billions
Birth
Rate
(per
1,000
populati
on)
Death
Rate
(per
1,000
populati
Natur
Total
Fertili
ty
Rate
on)
Increa
se
China
1.393
12
0.5%
India.
1.373
1.4%
Source: Population Reference Bureau
In 2018 China had the world's largest population and India had the second largest population.
A. Identify the TWO types of data shown in the table that are used to calculate the rate of natural
increase.
B. Describe what the total fertility rate represents.
C. Using India's rate of natural increase shown in the table, describe how to calculate the doubling time
of India's population.
D. Using the data shown in the table, describe the ability of China's population to replace itself over
time.
E. Explain how China's population statistics are unusual for a country with an economy that is still in the
process of industrializing.

Answer 1

A. The Birth rate (per 1,000 population) and the birth rate (per 1,000 population)

B. Expected number of children per childbearing woman

C. 50 years

D. The population will decrease

E. Unusually low rate of natural increase and total fertility

Step-by-step explanation:

A. The two types of data in the table that are used to calculate the rate of natural increase are The Birth rate (per 1,000 population) and the birth rate (per 1,000 population)

B. The total fertility rate is the number of children expected per woman during her childbearing years

C. The doubling time is given by T = 70/(1.4) = 50 years

D. To maintain the current population size, a fertility rate of 2.1% is required, whereby the fertility rate is about 1.8% the population will not be stable or would decrease

E. The population statistic with a total fertility rate below 1.8, a low rate of natural increase, and a low birth rate is not inline with other industrializing economies such as Middle East, with a fertility rate of 3.0.