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1.) According to the article, what are the two fundamental aspects of Japan's aging crisis? The two fundamental aspects are the increase in the proportion of the elderly in the total population and the slower growth of the population due to the declining fertility rate. 2.) By 2030, what percentage of the Japanese population will be elderly dependents (aged 65+)?  One in every three people will be 65 or older 2030 and one in five people will be 75 plus years old in 2030. 3.) What is the direct economic impact of Japan's aging population? Japan's economic performance is impacted because the social security burden and benefits is increased, leading to a reduction of the labor force which helps to produce many goods. 4.) How is the Japanese government attempting to address the labor shortages? The Japanese government is attempting to address the labor shortages in many different ways. For example, the Prime Minister created a program called "Womenomics...

According to Malthus, what is the general nature of all animated life? To increase beyond the nourishment provided. According to Malthus, what is the most positive check on human population growth that has existed in history? The difficulty of acquiring food. Describe Malthus’ idea of arithmetic growth of food supply v geometric growth of human population.  Food and produce can not be produced as quickly as the population can grow, also, population can continuously grow forever, but when the human population runs out of land for food to be grown on, they only have the fertile land to depend on which is most likely not enough for the growing population. For example, if you took the whole Earth the population would grow 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256 while produce would grow 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Discuss Malthus’ idea of positive and preventive checks on human population. Provide examples of both.  Preventative checks are ways of thinking that prev...

1.) According to the article, what is the official definition of the one child policy? One child policy is the official program initiated in China that limited the majority of families in China to only having one child each. 2.) Who created the program and at what specific date(s) was it implemented? The program was created by Deng Xiaoping and the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party  and it was implemented on September 25, 1980.  3.) How was the program enforced and were there any exceptions to the one child per family policy? The program was enforced through many things. For example, contraceptives were made more available, rewards such as employment opportunities, financial incentives, and punishments such as sanctions and forced abortions or sterilization were imposed on people who violated this policy. However, this program did have some exceptions. For example, some ethnic minority groups and parents with handicapped firstborn children wer...

In different countries all around the world, fertility rates vary in order to meet the needs of the countries and women in the countries. This variation in fertility rate is caused by the economic and cultural conditions in different areas of the world. One of the countries whose fertility rate has changed over time to adapt to economics and cultural conditions is France. From 1960 to 2017, the average number of children born to mothers in France has dropped from 2.9 to 1.9. This drop is due to the cultural forces in France. Woman in this country have been fighting for years in order to build their status in order to be equal to men. To accomplish this goal, women need to work extremely hard in order to match income, match job status, etc. Having children hinders this goal because it forces women to be off work, only be able to work part time, and take more days off. For example, one French woman named Celine Grislain states that "after my third child, I went down to 80% time....

1. Somalia 2. Ethiopia 3. Kenya 4. Madagascar 5. Tanzania 6. Mozambique 7. Eswatini 8. Lesotho 9.South Africa 10. Egypt 11. Sudan 12. South Sudan 13. Uganda 14. Rwanda 15. Burundi 16. Zambia 17. Zimbabwe 18. Libya 19. Chad 20. Central African Republic 21. Democratic Republic of the Congo 22. Angola 23. Namibia 24. Botswana 25. Niger 26. Nigeria 27. Cameroon 28. Equatorial Guinea 29. Gabon 30. Congo 31. Algeria 32. Mali 33. Burkina Faso 34. Ghana 35. Togo 36. Benin 37. Morocco 38. Western Sahara 39. Mauritania 40. Senegal 41. The Gambia 42. Guinea Bissau 43. Sierra Leone 44. Liberia 45. Djibouti 46. Eritrea 47. Tunisia 48. Malawi 49. Guinea 50. Comoros 51. Soo Tome and Principe 52. Cote d'Ivoire

Today's key question was where is the world's  population   distributed? We were able to answer this question by defining population, demography, and the key demographic indicators which are Rate of Natural Increase, Total Fertility Rate, Young and Old populations, Population Pyramids, Life Expectancy, and The Demographic Transition. Population is the size and distribution of Earth's human population. Population can actually be studied using Demography which is a social science that entails the statistical study of it. You can know more detail about a population using the key demographic indicators which I stated earlier. Rate of natural increase is a statistic that expresses a country's annual growth rate. It is calculated by subtracting the crude birth rate from the crude death rate and then converting it into a percentage. Total fertility rate is the average number of children born per woman age 15-45. Population pyramids are the visual representation of a nati...