Demographic expansion in developing countries

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The paper deals with an assessment of recent demographic development of the world in a breakdown by continents and their regions. It concentrates upon two Fundamentals measures of natural increase - birth rates and death rates. Using the relationship of the two, the process of demographic revolution is assessed in different parts of the world. The worst results in the speed of demographic revolution are reported from the countries of Africa South of Sahara, where high natality is accompanied by high mortality. These countries with an extreme proportion of HIV-infected population lack food security have unstable political systems and underdeveloped economies. Demographic prognoses assume that, the Earth population number in 2050 will be more than 9 thousand million (9 billion) higher. The most rapid growth is expected in Africa (by 116%) and in Asia (by 34%). The most badly threatened area of the world from demographic standpoint is Africa South of Sahara. Without external assistance it is unable to finish demographic revolution. … full description

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Marie Prášilová, 1955- , Zbyněk Kuna, 1955- , Vladimír Krepl, 1953- , Pavla Hošková, 1972- , Otakar Macháček, 1933- , Zuzana Pacáková

Document Type

Articles

Physical Description

9 il.

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Agricultura tropica et subtropica. -- ISSN 0231-5742. -- Roč. 42, č. 4 (2009), s. 201-207

Subjects

WORLD

DEMOGRAPHY

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

AFRICA SOUTH OF SAHARA

HUMAN POPULATION

POPULATION DYNAMICS

POPULATION GROWTH

POPULATION DECREASE

BIRTH RATE

MORTALITY

EVALUATION

STATISTICAL DATA

TRENDS

FORECASTING

svět

demografie

lidská populace

populační dynamika

populační přírůstek

úbytek populace

porodnost

úmrtnost

evaluace

statistické údaje

trendy

prognózování

rozvojové země

Afrika subsaharská

Item Description

3 grafy, 6 tabulek

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