China's One-Child Policy and Its Impact on Population Growth

By 2012, China’s one-child policy had drastically reduced total fertility rate to 1.4 and led to a reduction in population growth rate to 0.50 percent. One problem associated with this is the development of an inverted  population pyramid. Care for the elderly requires a substantial amount of energy and resources. China’s elderly primarily rely on their families for health care.

1

Given China’s one-child policy, describe two examples of how China’s growing elderly population will affect future population growth.

2

Describe one potential benefit and one potential problem associated with the emigration of elderly individuals from rural to urban areas.

3

Calculate the doubling time of the population above.

4

The total population size of China was 1,400,000,000 in 2012, with a crude birth rate of 12 births per 1,000 individuals. The number of individuals that emigrated from China was 700,000 and the number of individuals that immigrated to China was 200,000. Calculate the crude death rate.

5

Describe what the total fertility rate would be if all families in China obeyed the one-child policy rule.

6

Explain an alternative method to slow the fertility rate of a country