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Population Geography Distribution of World Population Overpopulation (Malthus and Neo-Malthusians Population Statistics Population Pyramids Demographic Transition Theory Population Control World and Country Population Totals Distribution and Structure: 3/4 of people live on 5% of earths surface! Total: 6 billion on planet as of Oct. 12, 1999 Current Population Counter Five most populous regions and countries REGION POPULATION COUNTRY POPULATION East Asia 1.5 billion China 1.254 billion South Asia 1.2 billion India 986 million Europe 750 million U.S. 274 million SE Asia 500 million Indonesia 206 million East N. Am.120 million Brazil 168 million Birth Control Programs One family/one child policies Female infanticide Social compensation fees Sterilization Loss of status Termination healthcare/food coupons Free birth control Increased literacy World Death Rates Infectious diseases HIV/AIDS SARS Degenerative diseases Obesity Tobacco use Epidemiology Epidemiological transition Doubling Times Fertility Rates Demographic Transition Model Stage one Crude birth/death rate high Fragile population Stage two Lower death rates Infant mortality rate Natural increase high Stage three Indicative of richer developed countries Higher standards of living/education Population J-Curve Population Shift Population and Resource Consumption Population and the Environment Overpopulation? Malthusian theory Pessimistic perspective Thomas Malthus Preventive checks Positive checks Cornucopians Optimistic perspectiv The End * * Rates of Natural Increase The doubling time is the number of years before a population will be twice as large as it is today. World = 50 U.S. = 34 MDC = 543 LDC = 40 Honduras = 22 Belize = 19 Denmark = 700 Russia = never? 2.1 is generally regarded as a replacement rate (the rate at which a population neither grows nor shrinks) in the developed world. In less developed countries this rate should be higher (2.8?). Iran 4.7 USA 2.0 Italy 1.2 High infant m