DEMOGRAPHY OF GUATEMALA

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DEMOGRAPHY of Guatemala: Growth of the population in the rural and urban area and how it affects our natural resourceshttps://www.science.org.au/curious/video/how-population-growth-impacts-planet ---video---What is Demography? the study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations

Population Guatemala’s population has grown quickly in the last century, from 1.4 million in 1893 to 11.2 million by 2002 (see Figure 1). While Guatemala’s rate of population growth has decreased over the last 50 years, the population continues to increase rapidly with a relatively short population doubling time of around 34 years (see Figure 2). With a current, total population that exceeds 16 million (HEP+ projection), Guatemala now has the largest and fastest growing population in Central America, driven primarily by fertility.

Since the time of the civil war (1960–1996), international migration—including to the United States and Mexico—has been seen by many people as a survival strategy. Today, the net migration rate is the lowest in decades, at -0.6 per 1,000 (2015) compared to a peak of -7.5 in the 1990s (United Nations Population Division, 2017).

More than half of Guatemala’s population now resides in urban areas, the largest being Guatemala City, Mixco, Villa Nueva, Quetzaltenango, and Petapa. Even though Guatemala’s urban growth rate2 has decreased since the 1950’s, today’s comparatively high rate of 3.3%, is higher than any other country in Central America and the country’s urban population has grown rapidly over the past 68 years (United Nations, 2017).

Figura 1. Estructura de la población por edad y sexo, Guatemala, 1990 y 2015

En el 2012, la esperanza de vida al nacer fue de 68 años en los hombres y 75 años en las mujeres.

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High fertility rates..... give way to young populations, composed of many children and relatively fewer working adults. Young populations require high familiar and governmental investments in social sectors that are used heavily by children, such as health and education. After fertility rates fall, populations begin ageing, meaning that children account for a decreasing percentage of the national population, and working-age adults account for a greater percentage of the population

Family Planning Another principal driver of fertility rates is use of family planning. The most widespread metric of family planning use is the contraceptive prevalence rate, or CPR, which measures the percentage of women, ages 15 to 49, that are currently using some form of contraception. This study uses the CPR for women in union. CPR is divided between modern contraceptive methods with higher effectiveness and traditional methods with lower effectiveness at averting unintended pregnancy.

How does population affect the natural resources?Generally speaking, as the human population grows, our consumption of natural resources increases. More humans consume more freshwater, more land, more clothing, etc. .

The impact on the environment so many humans on the environment takes two major forms:1. consumption of resources such as land, food, water, air, fossil fuels and minerals 2. waste products as a result of consumption such as air and water pollutants, toxic materials and greenhouse gases

CONCLUSION....More than just numbers..? Many people worry, that unchecked population growth will eventually cause an environmental catastrophe. This is an understandable fear, and a quick look at the circumstantial evidence certainly shows that as our population has increased, the health of our environment has decreased.

Post actividad: TRABAJO INDIVIDUAL : Elaboración de cuadro comparativo del crecimiento de la población de Guatemala en los últimos 3 años, en CANVAS.com debesSubirlo a Classroom by April 9th