Global Demography

Objectives:

1. To know the relationship of global demography and global knowledge.

2. To determine what dependency ratio and migration means.
3. To know how global demography and global migration affects globalization.

Demography transition- is a singular historical period during which mortality and fertility rates
decline from high to low levels in a particular country or region.

History of demographic transition

 Mid to late 1700’s – transition started in Europe.
- Death rates and fertility declined.
 200 years – high to low fertility in France.
 100 years – high to low fertility in the United States.
 20th century – mortality rates declined in Africa and Asia, except Japan.
 Early 20th century – 24 years life expectancy in India.
 1929 to 1931 – 24 years life expectancy in China.
 1950’s – start of the fertility decline in Asia.
 1930’s – total fertility rate did not drop below five births per women in Japan.
 1820 – Life expectancy at birth of japan and the west was 12 years greater than the
other countries.
 1900 – Gap increased by 20 years.
 1900to 1950 – gap reached 22 years.
 1999 – Gap declined to 40 years.
 19th century – Europe and the west had an increase in share to the world’s population
from 22.0 % to 33 % while Asia’s and Oceania’s dropped from 69.0 % to 56.7 % and India
and china suffered from economic stagnation.
 2150 – UN projected that population growth will be shifted towards Africa and would
share almost 20 % in the world’s population.
 20th Century – Africa, Asia, Latin America and Oceania had high levels of population
growth rates.
 1950 – Japan and the West has a downward trend and was close to United States.
 World War II – temporary increased.
 1888 to 1920 – increase in Japan’s dependency ratio.
 1950’s - decline in childbearing and low fertility rates in japan.
 1900 – High dependency ratios in India and the Philippines.
 1970 – Decline of infant and child mortality and high levels of fertility.

Dependency Ratio - is a measure of the number of dependents aged 0 to 14 and over the age
of 65, compare with the total population aged 15 to 64