WASSCE Economics · Labour, Population & Sectors
Population
Population size, growth, distribution, structure, and the implications of overpopulation and underpopulation.
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Across the topic: 9 sections · 2 worked examples · 3 diagrams
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2 lessons · 15 min
- 1Population size, growth, structure and migration8 minFree8 minFree
2 worked examples · 1 diagram
- 2Population theories: Malthus, the optimum and the demographic transition7 min Plan7 min Plan
- The Malthusian theory
- The optimum population theory
- The demographic transition
- Effects of rapid population growth
- Population policy
2 diagrams
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