The world's population is currently around 7.5 billion people. This is the largest it has ever been, and it means that around 1 in 14 people who have ever lived are alive today. Answer (a)-(g), on the subject of human population growth.

(a) Describe global human population growth since 1700.

(b) How does the rate of growth since 1700 compare to the long-term rate of growth
over the previous ten thousand years?

c) Explain the demographic transition model.

(d) Explain the role of women in determining the rate of population growth in
a country

(e) Describe some of the results and consequences of China's one-child policy, which was in place from 1980 to 2016.

(f) Several countries have aging populations. Name three, and explain the reasons
and consequences of this.

(g) Thomas Malthus predicted that population would outstrip food production, resulting in wars, famines, and other "négative checks." Yet, although malnutritio
is common in many countries, true famines have rarely, if ever, occurred in countries with democratic institutions and free presses. Explain what may account for this distinction between food production and food availability.