chapter52010.pptVIP

1 Population Economic Development The sharp growth in world population is attributed to the population explosion in LDCs The average population growth rate of LDCs is far higher than that of DCs. Since 1980，the whole world :1.6%，LDCs :1.9%，DCs: 0.7%; The population scale of LDCs is large. China :1.3 billion, the population scale is over a hundred million: India、Indonesia、Brazil、Bengal、Nigeria、Pakistan，etc. Trend of the population growth in LDCs According to the population growth rate at present ，the world population would double each 35 years; The World Bank estimates，if the government