Global Demography - The Contemporary World Lecture Series
Summary
TLDRThis video explores the topic of global demography, discussing population growth, life expectancy, fertility rates, and theories such as the Malthusian theory and demographic transition model. It covers key terms like birth rate, mortality rate, and age dependency ratio, while highlighting the implications of overpopulation, including environmental issues, food shortages, and economic concerns. The presenter emphasizes the importance of understanding demography to make informed decisions in a globalized world and predicts that the world population could reach 9 billion by 2050.
Takeaways
- đ Demography is the study of human population statistics such as births, deaths, and diseases, which influence the structure of populations and have implications for globalization.
- đ Key demographic terms include birth rate, life expectancy, mortality rate, median age, and age dependency ratio.
- đ± Birth rate measures the number of births per 1000 individuals per year, reflecting the addition to a population.
- đ Death rate measures the number of deaths per 1000 individuals per year, indicating the reduction in population size.
- đ Migration, including immigration and emigration, significantly affects population patterns and sizes.
- đ Global life expectancy has been steadily increasing, reflecting improvements in health, medicine, and technology.
- đ Fertility rates have been influenced by various factors such as lifestyle changes, environmental factors, and socio-economic conditions, leading to a decline in birth rates.
- đ„ The median age is a single index that summarizes the age distribution of a population, showing an increase over time.
- đ¶ Age dependency ratio measures the ratio of dependents to the working-age population, indicating the burden of care.
- đ The Malthusian theory suggests that population growth could outpace resource production, leading to catastrophic consequences.
- đ The Demographic Transition Theory outlines a predictable five-stage model of population growth and decline, from high birth and death rates to low rates.
- đ± Overpopulation has both positive and negative implications, including economic benefits and challenges such as food shortages, environmental issues, unemployment, and potential conflicts.
Q & A
What is the current global population?
-The current global population is approximately 7.8 billion.
What is the current population of the Philippines?
-The current population of the Philippines is around 109 million.
Which are the top three most populous countries in the world?
-The top three most populous countries are China with 1.4 billion, India with 1.3 billion, and the United States with 331 million.
What is the significance of the birth rate in demography?
-The birth rate, or natality rate, is significant in demography as it measures the number of births per 1000 individuals per unit of time, usually a year, and reflects the growth of a population.
How is the mortality rate defined and why is it important?
-The mortality rate is defined as the number of deaths per 1000 individuals per unit of time, typically a year. It is important because it indicates the loss of individuals from a population and is a key factor in population dynamics.
What does the term 'life expectancy at birth' mean?
-Life expectancy at birth refers to the average number of years a person may expect to live, based on the mortality patterns prevalent in their country at the time of their birth.
How has global life expectancy changed over the past decades?
-Global life expectancy has steadily increased from 47 years in 1950-1955 to 65 years in 2000-2005, and according to the World Health Organization, it was 72 years in 2016.
What factors are contributing to the decline in fertility rates?
-Factors contributing to the decline in fertility rates include lifestyle changes, increased sexually transmitted diseases, rise in obesity, urbanization, and socio-economic factors such as delayed childbearing due to career and housing considerations.
What is the demographic transition theory and how does it predict population growth?
-The demographic transition theory predicts that population growth follows a five-stage model, from high birth and death rates in pre-industrial societies to low birth and death rates in developed countries, with stages of industrialization and urbanization in between.
What are the positive and negative implications of overpopulation?
-Positive implications of overpopulation can include a better economy, more efficient use of resources, and a larger labor force. Negative implications include shortage of food and land, environmental problems, unemployment, poverty, and potential conflicts and wars due to resource scarcity.
What is the Malthusian theory and how does it relate to population growth?
-The Malthusian theory, proposed by Thomas Robert Malthus, suggests that population growth is exponential while the growth of resources is linear, leading to a potential overpopulation crisis where population outgrows available resources, resulting in conflict, war, famine, and disease.
Outlines
đ Global Demography and Population Dynamics
This paragraph introduces the topic of global demography, which is the study of human population statistics such as births, deaths, and disease incidences. It highlights the importance of understanding current world population numbers, the population of the Philippines, and the top three most populous countries. The paragraph emphasizes the significance of demography in examining population composition and its impact on globalization. Key demographic terms like birth rate, life expectancy, mortality rate, median age, and age dependency ratio are mentioned. The discussion also covers the effects of births and deaths on population size, measured by natality and mortality rates respectively, and the role of migration through immigration and emigration. Life expectancy is noted to be increasing globally due to advancements in health, medicine, and technology, with Japan leading in life expectancy. The script also points out that women generally live longer than men.
đ Fertility, Age, and Dependency Ratios in Demography
The second paragraph delves into the concept of fertility rate, which is the average number of children a woman bears during her reproductive years. It discusses various factors affecting fertility, such as lifestyle, sexually transmitted diseases, obesity, urbanization, and socio-economic factors like housing affordability and childcare costs. The paragraph also explains the median age, which divides a population into two equal groups, and the age dependency ratio, which measures the proportion of dependents (those under 15 or over 64) to the working-age population. The discussion then moves to population growth theories, including Malthus's theory of population growth outpacing resource growth, leading to conflicts and famines, and the Demographic Transition Theory, which outlines five stages of population change from high birth and death rates to low rates due to development and urbanization.
đ± The Demographic Transition and Overpopulation Concerns
This paragraph continues the discussion on the Demographic Transition Theory, explaining the five stages of population growth and decline. It describes how societies move from high to low birth and death rates due to improvements in healthcare, sanitation, and economic development. The paragraph also addresses the potential positive and negative impacts of overpopulation. On the positive side, it mentions economic growth, efficient resource use, medical and technological advancements, and a strong labor force. On the negative side, it warns of food and land shortages, environmental degradation, unemployment, poverty, and potential conflicts over dwindling resources. The paragraph concludes with current global population statistics, with China, India, and the U.S. leading in population size, and the Philippines ranking 13th.
đ The Importance of Demography in Globalization
The final paragraph summarizes the importance of demography in understanding and addressing global issues. It stresses that demography provides the tools to analyze population trends and their implications on a global scale. The paragraph also touches on the potential future milestone of reaching 9 billion people by 2050 and the Malthusian view of overpopulation as a realistic concern. It concludes by encouraging viewers to consider the broader implications of their actions, such as family planning, and to stay informed about demographic trends to make well-informed decisions. The script ends with a call to action for viewers to subscribe for more lectures on global topics.
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Keywords
đĄDemography
đĄNatality Rate
đĄMortality Rate
đĄMigration
đĄLife Expectancy
đĄFertility Rate
đĄMedian Age
đĄAge Dependency Ratio
đĄMalthusian Theory
đĄDemographic Transition Theory
đĄOverpopulation
Highlights
Demography is the study of statistics like births, deaths, and diseases, impacting the structure of human populations.
The current global population and the population of the Philippines are discussed.
China, India, and the U.S. are the top three most populous countries.
Overpopulation has significant implications for resources and society.
Key demographic terms include birth rate, life expectancy, mortality rate, median age, and age dependency ratio.
Birth rate is measured by the number of births per 1000 individuals per year.
Mortality rate measures the number of deaths per 1000 individuals per year.
Immigration and emigration affect population size and patterns.
Global life expectancy has been increasing due to improved health and living conditions.
Japan has the highest life expectancy, and women generally live longer than men.
Fertility rate is influenced by factors like lifestyle, diseases, and socioeconomic conditions.
Median age is the age dividing a population into two equal groups.
Age dependency ratio measures the ratio of dependents to the working-age population.
Malthusian theory suggests population growth outpaces resource growth, leading to conflicts and famines.
The demographic transition model predicts population growth through five stages from high to low birth and death rates.
Overpopulation can lead to economic benefits but also to food and land shortages, environmental issues, unemployment, and conflict.
The world population is currently at 7.8 billion, with China, India, and the U.S. leading in population size.
Demography provides tools to understand and solve global problems, emphasizing the interconnectedness of human actions.
Experts predict reaching 9 billion people by 2050, highlighting the importance of addressing overpopulation.
Transcripts
hi welcome back to the contemporary
world series i hope you are as
excited as i am to learn something new
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today
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so this week we will be learning about
global demography
do you know how many we are now in the
world do you know the current population
of the philippines
do you know what are the top three
biggest countries when it comes to
population
and most importantly what are the
implications of
overpopulation
demography represents the study of
statistics such as
births deaths or incidents of disease
which illustrate the changing structure
of human populations
and these pose an effect on
globalization as a whole
so in general demography pertains to the
composition of a particular human
population
we will also be learning some key fact
some key terms that are associated with
the study of
demography and these includes birth rate
life expectancy at birth mortality rate
median age age dependency ratio and so
on
so one way that a particular individual
is added to the population
is through births of new individuals
the way we measure this particular type
of addition
is with the natality rate or the birth
rate
which is the number of births per 1000
individual
per unit of time and usually that is
of within a year
on the flip side one way that
individuals leave a population
and reduce its size is through deaths
of individuals and the way we measure
this
is through the mortality rate which is
the number of deaths per 1000
individual per unit of time again that
period of time is usually a year
migration also affects population
patterns
the second way that individuals are
added to the population
is through immigration this is the
permanent arrival of new individuals
into the population these individuals
are of course the same species
as the rest of the population and they
increase the size of the population
as they join the group second
individuals may live
through emigration this is the permanent
movement of individuals out of a
population
they may be juveniles who are heading
out on their own
or they may be adults who leave the
group
for some reasons like overcrowding or
for
searching for other sources of food and
shelter expectation of life
at a given age is the average number of
years which a person
of that age may expect to live based on
the mortality pattern prevalent
in that country as a result of global
decline
in fertility and because people are
living longer
global life expectancy is rising this is
what we mean when we say
60 is a new 40 or 70 is a new
50. generally people are getting younger
and that is the result of our investment
in health in medicine
in innovations in science and technology
and
so on so you can see in this graph
that japan has the leading
length of years of life expectancy
the global life expectancy or the
average expected living age of
individuals has steadily increased
for the world as a whole life expectancy
increased
from 47 years in 1950 to 1955
to 65 years in 2000 to 2005.
in 2016 the world health organization
reported that
72 years was the average life expectancy
of
at birth of the global population this
graph shows
that right now it's at 73.2 years for
both
success combined and it's also
surprising to note that women
actually live longer than the male
counterpart so it's 75.6
years for women compared to that of only
70.8 for that of
the men
fertility rate refers to the number of
children born by a woman at a period of
time
during her child bearing age and that is
usually
at 15 to 45 years there are
several factors such as lifestyle
factors
increase in sexually transmitted
diseases rise in obesity
and environmental factors involved in
urbanization
and urban lifestyle that are affecting
fertility and have led to rise
in male and female subfertility
in addition there are social economic
factors that have led to couples or
women
delaying having children lack of
affordable housing
flexible and part-time career pose for
women
expensive child care have all
contributed to the current
low fertility or birth rate couples or
women
are delaying starting a family which has
led to a true decline in their fertility
levels
due to ovarian aging and related reasons
leading to reduced chance of consumption
median age on the other hand is the age
that divides a population
into two numerically equally sized
groups
that is half of the people are younger
than this age and half are older it is a
single index that summarizes the age
distribution of a particular
population the global median age has
increased from 21.5 years
in 1970 to over 30 years in 2019
age dependency ratio is the ratio of
dependents that is
people younger than 15 years old or
older than 64
to the working age population at 15 to
64
years old the proportion of the
population aged 0 to 14
over the population aged 15 to 64
the so-called working age population is
used to indicate the burden of caring
for this group and is called
the child dependency ratio whereas the
proportion
of the population over 65 divided by the
working age population
is called the old age dependency
ratio now let's talk about a couple
of theories on population growth and
decline
first we have the malfution theory and
the demographic transition theory
malfunctionism is the idea that
population growth is potentially
exponential while the growth of food and
other resources
is linear it derives from the political
and economic thought of reverend thomas
robert malthus
in his 1798 political writing
an essay on principle on the principle
of population
malthus argued that population was
growing faster than the amount of
resources we could produce
he suggested that at some point
population would outgrow resources and
that would be catastrophic
there would be conflict in war and
famine and diseases
which would then level the population
growth and
it would then return to balance
next is the demographic transition model
this model predicts
that as a country develops high birth
rates and high death rates will fall
this model also predicts that countries
will pass through periods of
industrialization
and urbanization on the way to reduce
birth
and death rates so there are five stages
stage one is characterized by high birth
rates and fluctuating
high death rates resulting in small
population growth
plagues diseases and poor nutrition keep
death rates
high stage 2 is characterized by
improved healthcare sanitation and food
supplies
leading to a rapid fall in death rates
birth rates are still high so there is a
rapid increase in population
numbers stage 3
is characterized by decreased growth
rate of a population
birth rates begin to fall
industrialization
urbanization and improved living
standards
lead to less desire to have large
families
stage four is characterized by the
completion
of a transition to low growth rate with
low birth
and death rates the birth rate may
fluctuate
in special circumstances like that of
the post-war baby boom
while in stage five it is characterized
by a lower birth rate than death rate
this is happening in some european
countries and in japan
but it is not known if this trend will
also extend to some
other regions so the demographic
transition theory predicts that
population grow along a predictable
five stage model in stage one again the
pre-industrial society
death rates and birth rates are high and
roughly in balance
and population growth is typically very
slow
and constrained by available food supply
in stage 2 that is
of the developing country the death
rates rapidly declined due to
improvements in food supply and
sanitation
which increases lifespans and reduce
diseases
in stage 3 birth rates fall due to
access
in contraceptions increases in wages
urbanization and increase in the status
and education of women
and increase in investment in education
population growth
begins to level off in stage four
birth rates and death rates are both low
the large group born during stage 2
ages and creates an economic burden on
the working age population
in stage 5 though only some theories
acknowledge this stage other recognized
only four stages
fertility rates transition to either
below replacement
or above replacement so that's a
demographic transition
theory and now let us try to answer our
last question
what are the the implications of
overpopulation
well there's a good side and then
there's the bad side
the good news is there'd be better
economy
that is why people in rural areas
hope to have more children in the first
place more kids would mean there would
be more
hands to help in the farm or that there
will be more professionals to help the
parents later on in their life when they
get old
second there will be more efficient
utilization
of resources especially in
urban areas the denser the population
the more concentrated it is in one
particular area
and the more efficient the public
transportation
is the lesser the carbon footprint
there'd also be more medical
agricultural
and industrial growth this is owing to
the fact that there would be more brains
added to our think tank
which would then contribute to more
innovations in
science and technology in medicine
and in all other areas there'd also be
better
labor force especially if we have a good
working age population
and of course there'd be greater
investment in capital
formation on the bad side the perils of
overpopulation include shortage of food
and land many scientists believe that we
have already exceeded the
maximum carrying capacity of the earth
the food and agricultural organization
warns that in order to mitigate the
impact of population growth
food production must increase by 70
percent
annual cereal production must rise to 3
billion
to add to the current 2.1 billion
and yearly meat production has to go up
by 200 million
to reach 420 million
there's also environmental problems take
note that we are 7.8
billion here now on earth and the earth
has not gotten
any bigger we all need the earth's
resources
to have energy to
warm our bodies to warm our homes
to run our cars and so on
there'd be problem of unemployment of
course
and of course there's a problem on
poverty and low standard of living
there are millions of people around the
world who are dying of hunger
of diseases of malnutrition
there'd also be inflation and of course
like the malfution's way of thinking
sooner or later when resources ran
out there'd be conflict and war
the population clock sets the world
population at
7.8 billion with china
leading having 1.4 billion
and is considered as the biggest country
in the world when it comes to population
india has 1.3 billion while
u.s has 331 million
people and they come as second
and third place respectively
philippines has 109 million and we are
on the 13th rank for current
and real time count on population birth
rates and death rates
check world domiter that info
so demography again gives you the tools
and analytical perspective to understand
the world around you
it gives you the equipment to solve
problems not only of your community
but of the world in general and it also
gives us the means to intervene more
wisely and effectively
in the real world to improve not only
your own well-being but
also that of others with that said the
study of demography
is an essential area of focus when we
look at globalization
as a whole
so in conclusion we have a growing
population
and experts believe that we will reach
the 9 billion milestone
in the year 2050. second the malthusians
way of thinking
is a pessimistic way of thinking but
is also a rather realistic way of
thinking
if left unchecked we are bound to
endanger our own species
through overpopulation being educated
individuals and given all those data i
just presented to you
i hope that will help you make more
well-informed decisions in the future
let's look at the bigger picture and
realize that
what we do no matter how small as having
a large family
ironic as that may sound actually
affects the world in general
after all we are all interconnected in
this small world we live in
so i hope that has been helpful to you
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world series please don't forget to
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