Human Population Growth

Which of the following pairs of indicators best reflects the availability of health care in a country?

• Crude death rate and growth rate

• Crude death rate and crude birth rate

• Growth rate and life expectancy

• Infant mortality rate and crude death rate

• Infant mortality rate and life expectancy

Which of the following characteristics are typical of developed countries?

I High technology use

II Low GDP

III Small-scale sustainable agriculture

• I only

• II only

• I and III only

• II and III only

• I, II, and III

A country with an age structure diagram like this one is most likely experiencing

• a high life expectancy.

• slow population growth.

• a short doubling time.

• a low infant mortality rate.

• replacement-level fertility.

Which of the following statements about total fertility rate is correct?

• TFR is equal to the crude birth rate minus the crude death rate.

• TFR is the average number of children each woman must have to replace the current population.

• TFR is generally higher in developed countries than in developing countries.

• TFR is equal to the growth rate of a country.

• TFR is the average number of children each woman will give birth to during her childbearing years.

Even if a country reduces its birth rate and maintains replacement-level fertility, its population will still continue to grow for several decades because of

• lower death rates.

• increased income.

• population momentum.

• better health care.

• increased life expectancy.

At current growth rates, which country will probably be the most populous in the world after 2050?

• China

• Brazil

• India

• Indonesia

• United States

What percentage of the world population lives in developing countries?

• 34

• 50

• 66

• 82

• 98

Which of the following countries best exemplifies phase 4 of a demographic transition?

• Argentina

• China

• India

• Japan

• Mexico