Overpopulation in Sub-Saharan Africa worsheet

Human Population Factors

Watch the following video, and answer the questions that follows.

Video: Overpopulation in Sub-Saharan Africa

https://youtu.be/ggLp5_97B4I

1. Why is the rate of population growth negatively impacting poorer countries?

2. Why did the family want to have more children?

3. What is the average family size in Zambia?

4. How will the population of Zambia change by the year 2050.

5. Why is Zambia considered a “youthful” country?

6. What are 2 benefits of having a youthful country?

7. How can the country encourage young people to have smaller families? Identify 2 interventions.

Factors Influencing Population Size

Use the chart to organize your ideas about how each of the following factors impacts the population in

more/less developed countries.

Factor More Developed Country Less Developed Country

Life Expectancy

Infant Mortality Rate

Migration

Age Structure

Economic Development

Women’s Empowerment

Child Labor

Cost of Raising & Educating Children

Age at Marriage/Relationship Status

Access to Birth Control

Read, Repeat and Complete

1. Life expectancy in more-developed countries compared to that in less developed countries is ______.

2. Poverty is the single most important factor affecting life expectancy because ____________________.

3. 3 reasons infant mortality rate is higher/lower in more developed countries than in less-developed

countries because __________.