Question

1. Describe the general trend of human population growth that has occurred over time.

Answer 1

1. The general trend of human population growth is that the growth rate of population is increasing over the years .

2. Countries of the world differ in birth rates, death rates and age structure of population and this factor explains why population  in different countries grow at  different rates.

3. Demography is the study of human population in terms of births, deaths etc is called demography.

4. Demographic transition is the shift from high birth and death rates to high birth and low death rates and finally to low birth and death rates. Demographic transition reduces the rate of population growth of a country.

5. Age structure diagram contains data about individuals who belong to the younger age group. Once they become mature they will contribute to population growth and thus studying the age structure gives an idea the trends of future population growth.