Changing attitudes in China?

After enforcing the One Child Policy for several decades, are attitudes finally changing in the world's most populous country? Read about what's happening in Shanghai here.

Too Many People?

This article on the BBC website may be useful for A2 (Population and Resource Management) and GCSE (Food and Water Supply, and Population Change).

Birth and deaths in real time

Look at www.breathingearth.net which shows birth and death rates by country in real time. It also shows CO2 emissions. Its quite hypnotic really!

Our Increasing Life Expectancy

I found these maps on the BBC website which show how longevity (people living for a long time) has spread north throught he UK. You can see the article and the maps here. What implications does this have for our society in the future?

Divorce rises because of One Child Policy

A news article from the BBC today says that China's divorce rate has risen by over 20% in the last year. Some people suggest this is a result of the One Child Policy which has produced a generation of adults unable to sustain relationships. Click here to read the full article.

China's One Child Policy

Two excellent short films about the impacts of China's one Child policy can be found
here and here

Adopt a granny?

How will Italy cope with its ageing population?
Have a look at the three articles from the BBC below
Italians fear a poor old age

Adopt a granny

Italy's pensions timebomb

How are European countries encouraging women to have more children?

Click on this BBC article http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4837422.stm to see how different European governments are encouraging women to have more children.

Click on the link below for more information about Italy paying 10,000 Euros for each child....An article from the Guardian
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/europe/story/0,,1081021,00.html

and here is an alternative way to increase their population

Has China's One Child Policy been successful?

How successful has China's 'One Child Policy' been? A recent report says it has prevented 400 million births but China may be storing up problems for the future. Read more about it from the BBC here.

Two approaches to a declining and ageing population....

Japan have an ageing population and have decided robots may be the solution. read the whole story here.

Meanwhile, in Russia, they are worried they may lose 40 million people, a third of their population, by the middle of the century. Read about their unusual solution to raise the birth rate here.

World Population Clock

World population clock. If you click on 'Now' button the statistics start again at zero so you can see how fast things are rising.


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Chinese use fertility drugs to get round the One Child Policy

Some Chinese in rural areas have been using fertility drugs to ensure they have twins or other multiple births, the try to get round the One Child Policy. Families who have more than one child can expect fines, but multiple births are exempt from this rule. Read more about it here from the BBC.