Option
A: Choose three nations from
three different parts of the world. Discuss the challenges they face regarding
population and migration, using information we learned during our studies
(perhaps including CIA World Factbook data, population pyramids, Net Migration
Rates, possible overpopulation or underpopulation). Also, analyze what each
nation's leaders need to do to deal with these challenges.
Italy,
Lebanon, and India are currently facing challenges such as their population
declining and their migration rate dropping. For example: Italy’s population
pyramid reveals that there are more people in Italy in the post reproductive
age group than there are in the pre and reproductive age group. Lebanon has around
the same problem as Italy when it comes to them losing their population.
However, unlike Italy who is losing their population due to the reproductive
age group compared to the post reproductive age group, Lebanon is losing their
population due to their negative net migration (-40.3 migrants/ 1,000
population). India is the complete opposite of Lebanon and Italy right now. India’s
population is skyrocketing. In the next couple of paragraphs, you’ll find out why
the countries’ population either rises or falls.
First of all, Italy’s population is slowly
decreasing. They are in stage 4 of the demographic transition meaning that
their birth rate and death rate is low. Overtime, they will reach stage five in
the demographic transition which means that their population will be slowly be
decreasing over the years until there will be nothing left (but that won’t be
for a while). However, their net migration is increasing and if they advertise
their local attraction, they might gain more immigrants which can cause their
population to slowly rise again.
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