The World at 7 Billion

1. Go to the BBC News site - The World at 7 Billion and find out which number were you (hint: you must input the day you were born before entering the month and year). Answer the following questions in your notebook.

• What is currently the fastest growing country?
• What is currently the fastest shrinking country?
• What is the average yearly growth of the United States? Is this a lot?
• What did you learn about life expectancy?

2. Complete the Climbing the Ladder worksheet given to you by Mr. Whitney. You may work with a partner.

3. Next: Go to www.prb.org. Click on the “DataFinder” tab at the top of the page. Find the 25

countries you selected on the Economic Ladder Worksheet on the drop-down menu under “World

Data.” When you click on each of these countries’ names, a list of statistics will appear. Find the number for the Total Fertility Rate (TFR). This is the average number of children born to a woman during

her lifetime. Place the countries on a chart (see below) according to their TFRs.

0-1.4/woman

1.5-1.9/woman

2-2.4/woman

2.4-2.9/woman

3-3.4/woman

3.4-3.9/woman

4-4.4/woman

4.5-4.9/woman

5-5.4/woman

5.5-5.9/woman

6-6.4/woman

6.5+/woman