Today's class 10/8/10

Notes...

• over 6.8 billion people on the earth right now
• increasing by over 80 million per year
• by 220,980 a day
• 14,000 births per hour
• 90% of this population growth takes place in the developing countries of Africa, South and East Asia, and Latin America

rate of natural increase (RNI)

• produced by subtracting the death rate from the birth rate, then dividing by 10
• this gives us the annual natural growth rate - in percentage form -  for a country or region

push forces

• civil war
• environmental degradation
• unemployment
• religious or ethnic persecution

pull forces

• better economic opportunity
• better health services
• religious freedom
• political freedom

World TFR:      2.54

 

US TFR:          2.05

Europe's TFR: 1.45

Africa's TFR:    5.14