Human Population Dynamics
"The human population has existed for a little more than 500,000 years. About 10,000 years ago, the total human population was about 3 million people, most of them hunters and gatherers. The development of early agriculture provided a stable supply of food and as a result the human population increased rapidly and reached one billion (1,000,000,000) in 1840. The development of technology and medicine in the 20th century reduced the death rate and increased the growth rate even further. Despite these advances, human population growth differs dramatically country by country. Your task is to design a presentation comparing the population dynamics in an underdeveloped country and a developed country..."
From: Human Population Dynamics Science, Technology & Society Student Materials Grades 9-10
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List of Underdeveloped Countries:
Africa: Angola, Benin, Burkina, Faso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Dem. Rep. of the Djibouti, Equatorial, Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Sao, Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia
Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Timor-Leste, Yemen
Australia and the Pacific: Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
Caribbean: Haiti, Jamaica
South America: Belize, Bolivia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua