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In the old times the fertility rates were always much much higher then they were now. It used to be around 5 children per woman and if we stayed on that track we would be above the population limit on Earth because that is so many kids running around and now rarely any of them would be dying so the population would be multiplying by fifths. The main reason woman had 5 kids back then was because usually only three or two of them would survive.
Geographers use fertility rates because we need to know them to try and predict the future and how this will impact us. They want to see if the population will increase decrease or stay the same and just flatten out at a certain point. We also need these to see if a country is healthy or not, we can see this by how many babies are being born properly verses how many of them are dying. This is a very important tool for geographers to try and balance the worlds population. We ultimately want around two kids per woman and we are doing a pretty good job of this around the world.
Meanwhile in Nigeria there is a fertility rate of a bit more then five children per woman. This is extremely bad because if they keep on this scale of production their population will keep going up by fifths. This is also an extreme problem because they would have no where near enough recourses to support all of them. Many of them would starve to death and we would see an extreme population loss in Nigeria while many others that don't die are suffering very bad.
In Saudia Arabia they are headed in a very good way. Their old fertility rate is 7.2, now it has gone down to only 2.4. This is very good for them because before maybe only 3/7 of their babies would survive to a semi-good age. Before they were very poor and had nothing to help babies survive and help them grow up. Now, they have gone up in riches their fertility rate has gone down to 2.4. This is because now all of their babies are surviving to a good age without having to worry about so many sicknesses.
Geographers use fertility rates because we need to know them to try and predict the future and how this will impact us. They want to see if the population will increase decrease or stay the same and just flatten out at a certain point. We also need these to see if a country is healthy or not, we can see this by how many babies are being born properly verses how many of them are dying. This is a very important tool for geographers to try and balance the worlds population. We ultimately want around two kids per woman and we are doing a pretty good job of this around the world.
Meanwhile in Nigeria there is a fertility rate of a bit more then five children per woman. This is extremely bad because if they keep on this scale of production their population will keep going up by fifths. This is also an extreme problem because they would have no where near enough recourses to support all of them. Many of them would starve to death and we would see an extreme population loss in Nigeria while many others that don't die are suffering very bad.
In Saudia Arabia they are headed in a very good way. Their old fertility rate is 7.2, now it has gone down to only 2.4. This is very good for them because before maybe only 3/7 of their babies would survive to a semi-good age. Before they were very poor and had nothing to help babies survive and help them grow up. Now, they have gone up in riches their fertility rate has gone down to 2.4. This is because now all of their babies are surviving to a good age without having to worry about so many sicknesses.
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