In this episode of Byte-Sized Human Geography we review demographic transition and how the apocalyptic nightmare of a severely overcrowded planet will not come to pass.  We also discuss some amazingly positive global demographic trends using the Demographic Transition model.

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Listener Notes:

Vocabulary -

CBR - crude birth rate - the annual number of births per 1,000 population

CDR - crude death rate - the annual number of deaths per 1,000 population

NIR - natural increase rate - population growth measured as the excess of live births over deaths; formula is CBR-CDR/1000

Population pyramids - visual representation of the age and sex composition of a population whereby the percentage of each age cohort represented by a horizontal bar the length of which represents its relationship to the total population. 

Dependency ratio - number of persons in the "dependent" ages (under 15 and over 64 years) compared to those in the "economically productive" ages (15-64 years) in a population

Additional Learning Resources -

Negative Population Growth

Population Pyramid Website

TEDed - Population Pyramids

Adult Diapers 9 Billion Market

Our World In Data Rabbit Hole of Population Information =)

Millennials are Picking Pets Over People