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When did the world's population begin to rise rapidly?
1750 or about 250 years ago -
Fertility rate in North America are..... to global perspective.
Low and correlate with technology. -
Birth rates and infant mortality in Africa
Are high, have to do with tradition and poverty -
Highest life expectancy rates in the world
First world countries, high income countries -
Income levels as correlated with rates of population growth
highest income had lowest population growth -
The first time the world's population reached 1 billion was?
1800, 1930 (2 billion), 1962 (3 billion) -
Global population trends in 20th century.
Quadrupled -
What percentage of global population increase is taking place in low income countries?
98% -
The effects of low birthrates in high income countries
labor shortages, decline of population, dysfunction, Japan is experiencing it the worst right now. -
realities of people in high income countries
consume raw materials, pollution, use a lot of energy
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