Introduction to Sociology, 5/e © 2012 BVT Publishing Link
A. Collecting the Data 1. Demography 2. Census In Article 1, Section 2 of the Constitution: [An] Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct.
A. Collecting the Data 3. Vital Statistics
B. Fertility 1. Crude Birth Rate Crude Birth Rate USA Country (2011)Birth Rate Austria8.6 Bangladesh22.5 Brazil15.2 Bulgaria9.2 Chad38.7 China12.3 Malawi40.2 Sweden10.2 Vietnam16.8 United States13.7
B. Fertility 2. Fecundity A Russian woman, known only as "the wife of Feodor Vassilyev" from the village of Shuya, gave birth to 69 children in the 18th century during 27 pregnancies. The matriarch produced 16 pairs of twins, seven sets of triplets and four quadruplets. The modern world record for giving birth is held by Leontina Albina from San Antonio, Chile. Leontina claims to be the mother of 64 children, of which only 55 of them are documented.
C. Mortality 1. Crude Death Rate Country (2011)Crude Death Rate Austria10.2 Bangladesh5.7 Brazil6.5 Bulgaria14.3 Chad15.2 China7.2 Malawi12.8 Sweden10.2 Vietnam5.6 United States8.4 Crude Death Rate Age Adjusted – if population was average age in 2000
C. Mortality 2. Age-adjusted death rate Life expectancy by sexLife expectancy by sex - USA
Selected Crude Birth and Death Rates, and others – 2010/2011 (Rates are per 1000 people in the country) CountryBirth RateDeath RateGrowth RateLife ExpectancyMedian Age Austria Bangladesh Brazil Bulgaria Chad China Malawi Sweden Vietnam United States From: MapMap – natural increase by country
D. Migration 1. Immigration and Emigration Receiving countries (net In-migrants) Sending countries (net out-migrants) "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
D. Migration 2. Push and Pull Factors Link
World Population Today
A. Depicting the Population (pyramids) (World) (World) Virginia 2010 USA Lynchburg 2010 Lynchburg 2000
B. The Effect of the Baby Boom Years 1. The Marriage Squeeze Male --- Female
A. The Demographic Transition
B. Population Density Land Area Pop. Density COUNTRYPopulation(Sq Miles) 1Monaco32, , Singapore4,425, , Malta398, , Maldives349, , Bahrain688, , Bangladesh144,319,60055, , Vatican City , Barbados279, , Nauru13, , Mauritius1,230, , Korea (South)48,422,60038, , San Marino28, , Tuvalu11, , Netherlands16,407,50016, , Lebanon3,826,0004, Belgium10,364,40011, Japan127,417,200145, India1,080,264,4001,269, Marshall Island59, Rwanda8,440,80010,
C. Population and Ecology Time Lapse Map
D. Malthus’s theory of population Versus
E. World Food Distribution Today 2010 In 2008, more than 1.4 billion adults, 20 and older, were overweight. Of these over 200 million men and nearly 300 million women were obese. 65% of the world's population live in countries where overweight and obesity kills more people than underweight. More than 40 million children under the age of five were overweight in 2010.
F. Population and Other Natural Resources Energy consumption per person 2010 Anthropocene
G. Political Policies Regarding Population
H. Zero Population Growth