3.6-3.9
Which of the following was the doubling time for China's population in 2014 if the growth rate was 0.49 percent?
142.9 years
If the population of a country grows at a rate of approximately 5 percent per year, the number of years required for the population to double is closest to
15 years
Which of the following annual population growth rates is paired with the correct doubling time?
2% . . 35 years
The country of Sudan has an estimated annual growth rate of 2 percent. At this rate of growth, approximately how many years will it take for the population of Sudan to double?
35 years
The current global human population is about 6.1 billion and is growing at an annual rate of 1.35 percent. If world population were to grow at this rate for the next year, approximately how many people would be added?
8 × 10 7
Younger than eighteen years old
A
By the year 2050, world population is expected to approach 10 billion. If the current population trends continue, which region of the world will most likely experience the majority of the growth?
Africa and Asia
The country with the highest population density is
Bangladesh
Which of the following best describes a country in stage 2 of the demographic transition, based on the model shown below?
Birth rates are high and death rates are declining, and the population is increasing rapidly.
Which of the countries listed in the chart above is most likely experiencing a population decline?
C
Which of the following best exemplifies population momentum?
Continued growth of a population after fertility drops to replacement level
Which of the following countries is most likely represented in the age structure diagram shown above? pyramid shaped data getting bigger at the bottom
Country B
Which of the following countries has achieved replacement-level fertility? A
Country C
The location where the size of the human population is the most stable
D
Which stage of the demographic transition has birth and death rates that are approximately equal, low death rates influenced by improvements in health care and food production, and a stable or declining population?
D
In a human population undergoing the demographic transition, which of the following generally decreases first?
Death rate
Directions: Select the choice that best fits each statement. The following question(s) refer to the graph below, which shows different phases related to the birth and death rates for a typical human population over time.
Infant and childhood mortality
In a certain country, the birth rate is high, the death rate is high, and there are many children that are part of the workforce. The country is most likely in which of the following stages of the demographic transition?
Stage 1
Which of the following best describes the change in the carrying capacity of the human population if growth is limited by conditions set forth by the Malthusian theory?
The carrying capacity will decrease, and the human population size will experience a dieback.
What two main factors would best indicate the quality of life of a country's population?
The life expectancy and the infant mortality rate
Which of the following can be interpreted from an age-structure diagram of a country?
The relative population growth rate of the population
Which of the following is a true statement about the total fertility of a society?
The total fertility of a society decreases as the society progresses through the demographic transition.
The total fertility rate in country A was 6.8 in 1980. Which of the following statements best supports the change in the total fertility rate in country A between 1980 and 2015?
The total fertility rate decreased as a result of a delay in age of first marriage and increased contraceptive use.
In 1950, a country had a total fertility rate of 5.9. In 2010, the total fertility rate of the country was 2.3. Which of the following is most likely the reason for the change in total fertility rate?
Women had increased educational opportunities and had children later in life.
In a human population, the population momentum effect is most likely to occur in cases in which a large percent of people in the population are in which age-group?
Younger than eighteen years old
Which of the following age structure diagrams represents a population that most likely has a negative growth rate?
getting smaller at the bottom
A country with an age distribution like that shown in the figure above, is most likely a country that
is experiencing slow or no population growth
Directions: Select the choice that best fits each statement. The following question(s) refer to the graph below, which shows different phases related to the birth and death rates for a typical human population over time.
phases I and IV
Which age-structure diagram best depicts the ages in a population that is in stage 3 of the demographic transition?
represents stage 3
The most populous countries in the world are China, India, and
the United States
