Unit 4 Demographics Online Lab

Demographics Lab

1. My high fertility rate country was Africa with a fertility rate of 5.90


2. My low fertility rate country was the Bahamas with a rate of 2.20


3.A high fertility rate means more people are being born each year then are dying so this results in higher numbers in the lower age groups. This affects future population growth because this large group of children will enter reproductive age around the same time and there will be more people entering reproduction age groups then leaving them


4.Lower fertility rates lead to more middle aged populations because you have a more even balance of people being born and death rate and also more even amounts of the population are leaving the reproduction years as more are entering it


5. Older aged population-

• retirement communities
• fewer schools
• more relaxed
• more assited care homes

Younger aged (more children)-

• more schools
• lower income housing
• busy
• high traffic
• positive attitude