Helen Group - Demographic Challenge
Helen Group - Demographic Challenge
Helen Group - Demographic Challenge
HELEN GROUP
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Evolution
ASIA CHINA INDIA
The development of the birth rate The size of infant mortality The increasing or decreasing trend in life expectancy The direction of migration flows
ASIA
The Asian continent has the 60,4% of the worlds
CHINA
China is the most populated country in the world with
demographic decline.
(1950 to 2010: leaders of growth in average)
%
2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 0 1950 to 1980 1980 to 2000 2000 to 2010 Growth
Demographic decline Birth rate droped from 6,1 children in 1950-50 to 1,6 in 2005-10
CHINA
Two main reasons for the Demographic decline: 1 Official one child policy
Launched in 1980 to limit the demographic birth rate. Only 90 M vs 400 M (if it hadnt been aplied) Possible consequences:
Population > 60 years old has increased (from 10% to 13%) Life expectancy at birth in 2010 is 72.7 years Population < 17 years old has declined (from 23% to 17%) Social economic development in danger Imbalance beteween sexes (lack of girls). 24 M boys will not find a partner over the next decade
CHINA
INDIA
Second largest population in the world1.22billion
17.8% of the worlds population on only 2.4% of the worlds land mass About 1/3 the size of the U.S. First in the world to adopt family planning programs in
1950s
Indian Population
Life Expectancy is the expected number of years of life
old or younger
Population pyramid
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