BIOS 135 Population Dynamics

BIOS 135 Population Dynamics Intro This week ilab was to understand, compare, and calculate the world’s population rate. Interactive media, World Bank, CIA Factbook websites was use to gain the different elements which brought each country to its population level. Financial income plays a major role in the understanding of fertility rates, whether an increase leads to poverty or a decrease leads to a higher capital income. Procedure 1. Use the World Bank's definitions for low income countries, lower middle income countries, upper middle income countries, and high income countries. Select a country in each category and complete the speadsheet for exercises 1- 3 located above. The World Bank and CIA Factbook websites are in the course webliography and should be used to help complete your table. 2. Starting with a hypothetical population of 14,000 people and an even age distribution (1,000 in each age group from 1-5 to 66-70 years), assume that the population initially has a total fertility rate of 2.0 and an average life span of 70 years. Using the spreadsheet for exercises 1-3, estimate ho