Various factors influence population growth, including those leading to high birth and death rates. High death rates can be attributed to complex and rapidly changing conditions, such as poor health, inadequate nutrition, wars, natural disasters, and widespread diseases.
-Developement of medical knowledge
- Better access to water and food suplies.
- Spread of knowledge about a good lifestyle.
Reasons for
high death rates
They are compex and
can change rapidly
Diseases
In some cases, bad health
and nutrition.
War and natural disasters
(results for a limited time)
Reasons for high
birth rates
Economic
- In LEDCs, people have children to provide
the labour for the family's farm
- In many countriespeople hve no ability to read
and don't have information about contraceptives.
- In por countries, people ensure that some of their
children reach adulthood.
Demographic
Countries with a high quantity of women
tend to have more children
Religious
In some religions, such as Catholic,
Hindu and Mulism, people encourage
to have children.
Cultural and Social
- Big number of children
in some societies
- Desire for a son to carry
on the family name.
- Some people children to be
looked after whn they grow old.
- Polygamous societies
- In some societies, girls have children
at a young age.