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SOCI 210: Sociological Perspectives Oct. 20 1. Studying Populations 2. Demographic theories 3. Demographics of family 4. Developmental idealism 1 Studying Populations 2 Studying populations Demography Characteristics of a population
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Demography
⦙ Study of populations at a macro- scale ⦙ At its most basic: understanding the ways populations grow, shrink, and
⦙ Relationship between population and other sociological factors
Characteristics of a population
⦙ Overall size ⦙ Proportions of socially relevant categories
Ethnicity, gender, religion, etc.
⦙ Rates of change in these populations ⦙ Mechanisms of change in these populations
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Number of children born in a given time period, per 1,000 population
Average number of children that a woman would have over her lifetime, assuming current rates by age
Number of deaths in a given time period per 1,000 population
E.g. infant mortality (number of children who die within a year of birth, per 1,000 live births)
Immigration is migration into a country, emigration is migration out of a country
Immigrants minus emigrants
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Positive or negative
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37.0 mil 36.7 mil 36.4 mil
2016 Births: 376,291 Deaths: 276,649 Net migration: 360,358 2017
Canada 2016–17
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Population pyramids
⦙ Ubiquitous visual tool in demography ⦙ Picture of the ‘shape’ of an entire population ⦙ Shows size of a population at different ages ⦙ Can compare sub-populations on right and left (traditionally gender binary)
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Source:Pew Research Center
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Source:University of Ottowa (2001)
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100 thousand 1 million 10 million 100 million 1 billion 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Population Fertility
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Iran (Islamic Republic of)Brazil Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde Cambodia Cameroon
Canada
Central African RepublicGuinea Chad Channel Islands Chile China China, Hong Kong SAR China, Macao SAR China, Taiwan Province of China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Curaçao Cyprus Czechia
Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Syrian Arab Republic Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia (Fed. States of) Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Korea Republic of Moldova Réunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka State of Palestine Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Tajikistan TFYR Macedonia Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United Republic of Tanzania United States of America United States Virgin Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
Source:United Nations Population Division
Population
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Source:United Nations Population Division
1950 15 mil. 20 mil. 25 mil. 30 mil. 35 mil. 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Year Population of Canada