1. What is the current world population?

2. What is the current population growth rate, in percent?  

3.  Human population growth is represented by what type of growth curve?

4. What are the 4 most populous countries?

5. What type of information is presented in an age structure diagram? What do the different shapes mean (broad-based pyramid, straight-sided column, narrower at base)

6. What is the current size of the US population?

7. What are the concerns associated with a “graying” population?

8. How is population growth rate calculated?

9. If the population growth rate has declined since 1970, why is the world population still growing?

10. What population size is projected by the medium population growth scenario for 2050?  What does this assume?

11. What does TFR mean?  What is the stable TFR for the human population?

12. What is the demographic transition?

13. What happens during the 4 phases?

14. What does it suggest?  (lower population growth rates are correlated with economic development)

15. What factors are important determinants of family size?

16. What evidence shows that government support of family planning can result in lower population growth rates?

17. Is AIDS having an impact on population growth rates? What other impacts does AIDS have on populations?

18. What is the relationship between poverty, population growth, and environmental degradation?

19. What impact do wealthy countries have on the environment?

20. What does the IPAT equation stand for? How should it be modified to be more realistic?