Lab Assignment: Population Growth and Decline
Background
This second lab draws heavily on Chapter 4, "Human Populations" in your text. To successfully complete this lab, you will want to study this chapter carefully. You may also find it useful to watch this five-minute video: Population Pyramids: Power Predictors of the Future.
At the most basic level, the increase or decrease in population can be calculated by following this simple formula:
BIRTH RATE - DEATH RATE + IMMIGRATION = GROWTH RATE
Birth and death rates are expressed in a number of different ways. Overall birth rates are often expressed as the number of births per woman over her life. Overall death rates are simply the number of deaths per year.
To predict population growth, however, population models use birth and death rates specific to each age group, over a step of five years.
In this lab, you will analyze demographic data for various first, second, and third world countries. As you learned, population pyramids generated from this data illustrate the population distribution. Whether countries have a large, young population a large, old population, or a population that is relatively stable, they all have unique challenges to address. This lab will help you further explore the concept of population distributions and its effect on economies and societies.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
o The answer should be typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, with one-inch margins on all sides.
o The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
o Also include a reference page. The Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
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