Population case study: NEW ZEALAND POPULATION-4,471,000

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Population growth  New Zealand Has an increasing Population growth rate  In 2014, the growth rate was 1.5.  Immigration accounted for 56.5% Of the 2014 year in population growth, Contributing to an increase to a growth rate in 2014 of 1.5.  By 2050, it is estimated that the population will grow to about 5.5m people

Demographics / Population Profile  Median age total: 37.2 years male: 36.4 years female: 38 years (2012 est.)  Age Structure : 0-14 years: 20.2% (male 448,838/female 426,799) years: 14.2% (male 313,966/female 299,717) years: 40.8% (male 883,811/female 882,649) years: 11.2% (male 236,946/female 246,327) 65 years and over: 13.6% (male 270,468/female 318,423) (2012 est.)  Nz’s Population Largely consists of:  69% of European descendents, 14.6% Indigenous Maori people, 9% Asians and about 6% non-Maori Pacific Islanders.

Cont. Urbanization  urban population: 86% of total population.  rate of urbanization: 0.9% annual rate of change.

Demographic Transition Model

Fertility/Death Rate  Total fertility rate 2.07 children born/woman, over the standing replacement rate of 2.01  Infant mortality rate total: 4.72 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.29 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.11 deaths/1,000 live births  Stats accurate as of 2012

Gender Ratio  at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female years: 1 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.85 male(s)/female total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

Education  New Zealand has an adult literacy rate of over 99 percent  over half of the population aged 15 to 29 hold a tertiary qualification.  In the adult population 14.2 percent have a bachelor's degree or higher, 30.4 percent have some form of secondary qualification as their highest qualification and 22.4 percent have no formal qualification.  The UN listed NZ as equal first in education rates, equal with Denmark, Finland and Australia

Economy  They use the currency of New Zealand Dollars (NZD$).  Chief exports of: Shit butter to Australia, large scale manufacturing of processed food, metal and fabrics, wood and paper products.  NZ has a GDP of $231bn, more than the United States’ GDP of $181bn  New Zealand’s Economy also relies on tourism, due to the Films of Peter Jackson and the natural features of the nation.

Health  Education expenditures 6.1% of GDP (2007)  Health expenditures 9.7% of GDP (2009)  Hospital bed density 6.18 beds/1,000 population (2002)  Obesity - adult prevalence rate 26.5% (2007)  Problems going forward for NZ’s Health include Obesity, as they rank at no.14 on the world table for adult obesity.

Gender and Marriage Equality  New Zealand were one of the first nations to legalize gay marriage.  More women hold higher education degrees than men, and on average spend an extra year studying than men (19 years for men, 20 for women)  Literacy rates for both men and women are up past 99%  Men earned an average of 12% more than women in 1992  New Zealand was ranked 13th out of a total of 142 countries in the Global Gender Gap Report which ranks countries in terms of gender equality in the population under four heads: economic participation, health, education and political empowerment

Religion  Christianity  Islam  Sauron

Challenges  Obesity, Gang culture and Orcs are serious problems in New Zealand.  The population is growing at a stable rate, and has been for some time. The location of New Zealand serves to remove the nation from many of the world’s conflicts, and means the country does not suffer the same detrimental effects on its population.  The birth rate is stable and the country can support the predicted increase in population with its stable economy.  Perhaps one of the biggest problems New Zealand faces is the issue of urbanization, with very little of the population residing in the countryside, endangering industries like agriculture.

Cont.  New Zealand also have a sheep problem, the sheep population literally quadrupling that of humans. Sheep have raged out of control and in some cases, actually hunt humans in rural areas as they evolve past being docile prey for humans.

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