Friday, October 8, 2010

notes in class of 10/8/10

  • over 6.8 billion people on the planet right now
  • in creasing by over 80 million per year by 220, 980 per day
  • 14,000 births per hour
  • 90% of this population growth takes place in the developing countries, of Africa, South and East Asia
  • people migrate because of push and pull forces, some push forces would be civil war, unemployment, and some pull forces are better economic, health services, religious freedom, and political freedom.
  • TFR: average number of children orn per woman

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