001 - Population 

Trends

Geographic knowledge and understanding

Global and regional/continental trends in family size, sex ratios, and aging/greying.

Concepts

Changing global and regional trends in household size, sex ratio, and ageing present a range of possibilities. The change in population structure due to these changes shifts power.

Aims

Key Terminology

Nothing specific needed for this lesson.

Activity One - Describe

As always it is good to look at the data first to recognise a trend in what has been happening. For this syllabus point, we specifically need to look at the trends in family size, sex ratio, and an aging population at the global and regional scales. Answer the following questions using the articles in the 'Useful Resources' box.


Household Size - UN Report


Sex Ratio - World Development Report

We have sorted data before using the World Development data to recognise patterns. We will be doing the same thing for sex ratio. Use the following data to create your graphs.




Ageing Population - Third and Fourth Resources and the Youtube Clip


Useful Resources

Exam Style Questions

Explain two possible negative consequences for a country/region with growing family sizes. [2 + 2]

Explain two possible negative consequences for a country/region with an imbalanced sex ratio. [2 + 2]

Explain two possible negative consequences for a country/region with an ageing population. [2 + 2]