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 Demography

• Demography is the study of populations

over time and over place.
 Demography

• Demographers are interested in the

determinants of these three population
components as well as in their effects on
various elements of society.
1. MORTALITY
2. FERTILITY
3. MIGRATION
 1. Mortality

• Mortality deals with death rates in a

population;
• Fertility involves birth rates in a
population;
• Migration involves the movement of
people internally (within a country) and
externally (across a country’s borders).
Why Demography Matters
Global Population:
1995 – 2 billion
2005 – 6.5 billion
Cohen (2008) believed that by 2050
there will be 9 billion people on the
planet, addition of over 50 million
per year. But after the increase on
population, the world will
experience a global decline of
population – slower growth,
increasing decline, older people
and more urban living.
Demographic change caught the interest of
people about demography and became the
popular subject of political debates in
developed countries who experienced
birthrates below the replacement level of 2.1
children per women. At the same time,
life expectancy has been rising considerably
and continues to rise which sometimes called
“ the aging of societies”.
Demography is not only concern
with birth rate, mortality and
migration but it actually gives
information to people to plan their
future investments and services.
The future of our population will be at
the hands of the people around the
globe.
The study of demography has far too
long been dominated by pessimism and
inhuman,simplistic accounting.
Throughout history, demography has
been a part in understanding
global changes,economic greatness
and downfall, migration,
social/cultural diversity and
dynamism.
Developed countries continue to decline in terms
of fertility which resulted to great shiftfrom young
to aging population. Developing countries are
expecting explosion due to improved nutrition,
public health infrastructure and medical care.
Imbalance weight of population of a developed +
developing countries =
demographicsuicide
Migration
as solution to demographic suicide is being taken
for consideration.
Result: Intermarriage
Pro:
Growth of population mixing which may result to
shaping of new society, determining changes of
identities and wiping out of the distinctiveness of
the population.
Con:
The possibility of losing one’s identity due to
mixing.
 Factors affecting the
Demography of the World
Erratic Mortality

Ancient Regime Crisis

Rebound and Adjustment

The Five Big Demographic Trends Shaping the World

1. The ratio of children to older citizens

is declining

2. There has been a sea-change in the

nature of illness to non-communicable
diseases
3. The speed of aging is rising rapidly in emerging
economies.

4. Old age dependency ratio is rising rapidly

in Japan, Europeancountries, but at a slower
pace in Anglo Saxon countries.

5. Its getting harder to exploit demographic

dividend.