Chapter+6+Questions

1. As of July 2010 the population of New Zealand was 4,252,277. The current growth rate at that time was 0.901%. The are ranked 125 in terms of all countries. The doubling time is 77.7 which is faster than the world's doubling rate. 2. New Zealands birth rate is 13.81 births per 1,000 people and the death rate is 7.1 deaths per 1,000 people. In 2010 the mirgration of New Zealand was positive 15,221 people. This data does agree with what I found in number 1. 3. This population pyramid shows the replacement fertility rate becasue from the top to the middle of the pyramid it got wider showing that people were having more children year after year. After that however it starts to decrease possibly because of the fact that many countries are now trying to decrease population. 4. New Zealand is currently in Stage 4 of demographic transition. Its birth rates are almost 2 times higher than the dealth rate and the population is slowly leveling off. 5. Family planning is helping transition to shift in New Zealand. For several years the population has been declining and now it seems to be fairly stable and leveling off. It does not seem so far that there are any problems with the population. 6. Family planning in New Zealand have successfully helped to reduce the population which is better for the enviromnent and the world. It reduces the stresses to the environment caused by humans.