china population growth

CHINA POPULATION GROWTH

CURRENT POPULATION Huge increase

per year

2010 Population: 1,338,299,512 20% of world

pop.

DYNASTIC CHINA POPULATION GROWTH Tumultuous history of battle

Sui dynasty Goguryeo-Sui War Song dynasty Battle of Yamen

Rapid population increase duringQing dynasty Stabilization from wars/conflicts Crop import food source Good tax reform

Demographic transition: Stage 2

Low death rate

High birth rate

High population growth rate

PROBLEMS CAUSED

Extreme population growth1953-1964: 112 million

The Great Leap Forward (1958 to 1961)

Industry and agricultureModernize Chinese economyWaste of fertile crop land20 million deaths

ONE CHILD POLICY One child per family 20 years:

Pop. growth of 1.3 billion 300 million reduced Speeds up pop. progress

CHINA 2011 POPULATION PYRAMID

Demographic transition: Stage 3

Decreasing birth rate

Low death rate

Child dependency ratio: 0.30% Aged dependency ratio: 0.11%

Total dependency ratio: 0.42%

Demographic transition: Stage 4

Low death rate Low birth rate

LINGERING 4-2-1 PROBLEM

Spoiled

CONSEQUENCES

Gender imbalance Orphaned babies Mass gendercide

8 million abortions Slowed by 2005 Sex ratio at birth: 1.133 2020: 24 million men

OLD IDEOLOGIES VS INCENTIVES

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