1. Population Growth

2. Life Expectancy
A high life expectancy indicates a higher standard of living
Canada = 82.2 years (Ranked #12 in world)
USA = 79.3 (Ranked # 31st)

3. Highest life expectancy 1) Japan, 83.7 2) Switzerland, 83.4
3) Singapore, 83.1
4) Australia, 82.8
5) Spain, 82.8
Lowest life expectancy
183) Sierra Leone, 50.1
182) Angola, 52.4
181) Central African Rep., 52.5
180) Chad, 53.1
179) Cote d’Ivoire, 53.3
Hans Rosling 200 countries video:

4. Dependency Load Everyone younger than 15 and older than 65
They are most likely to be socially as well as economically dependent on working-age people

5. Birth Rates Around the World

6. High Growth Rate = why is it a bad thing
You don’t want to have a very high Birth Rate; that means your population is growing too quickly
That means you have too many children and not enough older people
Leads to overcrowding and resource competition
There is a correlation with lower education, more poverty, lower quality of life
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7. Negative Growth Rate – why is it a bad thing?
Rapid shrinking of the workforce could have a negative impact on an economy
When the population gets smaller, society becomes less dynamic and competitive
Fewer people paying into pension funds at the same time that more and more old people are drawing from them (and living longer and longer thanks to modern medicine).
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8. Is there an Optimal Pyramid shape?
The top will always be smaller than the rest
But the rest is in balance; there are no weird bumps or bulges
Many demographers believe that the world population will stabilize like this at around 11 billion people

9. Migration rates

10. Falling Birth Rate - Singapore
Apologies in advance, this song MAY get stuck in your head all day
Singapore has a very low birth rate, so the Singaporean government partnered with Mentos to create this “National Night” campaign
It was to encourage couples to make a baby that night

11. Falling Birth Rate - Denmark
They also have a very low birth rate
The present rate of 1.7 children per family is not enough to maintain the population
They launched a “Do It For Denmark” campaign to raise fertility
It was an advertising campaign designed to increase the birth rate of the nation launched by a Danish travel agency
Following the implementation of the campaign in 2014, the Danish birth rate increased

12. Falling birth rate – South Korea
Incentives to encourage South Koreans to have more babies
lower university tuition fees
state-run child care
cash vouchers
In 2010 ‘Family Day’ was established which required all offices to close at 7 pm and in that way pushing people to spend more time with their families.

13. Low Birth Rate - Russia
The low birth rate in Russia motivated the government to launch the ‘have a baby and win a Fridge’ campaign.
September 12 was declared ‘the Day of Conception’ and all women that would give birth 9 months after would win a fridge, money or even cars

14. Shrinking population - Japan
Japan has a catastrophically low birth rate
Japan's population had shrunk by almost 1 million people in 5 years.
By the end of the century, Japan might lose 34 % of its population

15. Why has this happened?

16. Japan – so many old people
Today, over 25% of Japan's 127 million people are over 65.
By 2055, it's estimated to be 40%.
This will create a ton of healthcare costs.

17. Extreme Work culture
Japan's extreme work culture, where employees are expected to work into the night, go out drinking with their colleagues, and potentially move across Japan or abroad to advance their careers
The lifestyle of the “salaryman”
No time or energy left to date

18. Working women
70% of Japanese women give up work as soon as they have their first child
Japanese men don’t help with the children as much
Not enough daycares
Moms that do go back to work are often vilified and looked down on
Married women are often passed over for promotions since it is assumed they will get pregnant and leave

19. Young people not dating
61% of unmarried men and 49% of women aged were not in any kind of romantic relationship, a rise of almost 10% from five years earlier.
45% of women aged "were not interested in or despised sexual contact". More than a quarter of men felt the same way
Some resort to virtual reality girlfriends

20. pensions
Now older people can get pensions when they retire, so they don’t have to rely on children to care for them when they are elderly

21. A Train Stop for a single person
A train in Hokkaido, Japan stops twice a day for a single passenger – a high school student on her way to school
The station was slated to close in 2012 due to its remote location
The train schedule is based on the girl’s timetable, and so passes by the station on her holidays
That’s how much the population has shrunk in some areas

22. https://www. youtube. com/watch. v=ioqic5TYM8k 3
Japan's Population Decline: Incredible Facts About Japan's Aging Population
How Japan’s Economy is Ruining Its Youth
Japan's Baby Drain

23. Population in canada

24. Canadian Provinces Look at the differences between the provinces!
Compare Newfoundland and Alberta
What provinces/ territories have rapidly declining birth rates?
What provinces / territories have way more men than women? Why?

26. Living Conditions in Nunavut
It is difficult to eat healthy – look at the insanely high prices of food!
The food costs so much because it all has to be flown in and so it has to cover the transportation costs