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1. What was your high fertility rate country and what was its fertility rate?

Burundi 6.80

2. What was your low fertility rate country and what was its fertility rate?

Albania 2.80

3. The initial demographic "shape" of your high fertility rate country should have been a pyramid, with high population in young age groups. Explain why high fertility rate results in a high percentage of young people in the population. How does this affect future population growth?

High fertility rates result in a high percentage of young people because people are having kids younger and faster so the younger population is multiplying faster.

4. Your low fertility rate country might have had a more oval-shaped curve with high population in middle age groups. This is especially exaggerated if the fertility rate is below 2.00. Explain why low fertility rate leads to lots of middle-aged people.

The older you get the lower your fertility is. Since their fertility rate is low they have more middle aged people than younger because the population is not multiplying as fast.

5. Write ten adjectives or descriptive phrases for what you might expect life, people's attitudes, conditions on the streets, etc. will be like in each of those situations. Imagine a situation with lots of middle-aged and older people in the population and write ten quick "brain-storm" descriptors for you think it would be like (Prescott, Arizona?). Then do the same for a situation with lots of children in the population.


high fertility

chaos
teen parents
poverty
child abuse
troubled youth

low fertility

cranky
wealthier
cleaner
snobby
successful