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9th Grade - Geography - Unit 2 - Understanding Human Population: Population Policies by Country

Population Laws and More

World Population Policies Database
Click here to learn about the population policy situation and trends for all member and non-member states of the UN.
UN World Population Policies
Click here to get information about population policies around the world and the monitoring of them.
Six Charts Show What Parenthood is Like Today
Click here to see how many children are born to each woman in different countries, what their averages are and more.

World Population Policies 2013

Female Education and Antinatalist Policies

Japan

Japan's Population is Shrinking
Click here to read about Japan's shrinking child population.
What is Japan doing to Tackle Declining Birth Rates?
Click here to learn strategies that Japan is trying in order to tackle not only declining birth rates but also an aging population.
Japan's Poplation to Shrink by a Third by 2065
Japan Aiming to have Population Stay at 100 Million
Click here to read statistics and strategies for Japan to maintain a 100 million people.
Government Response to Low Fertility in Japan
Click here to learn what the Japanese is doing to combat the low fertility rates of Japan.
The Demographic Future of Japan
What is the "Angel Plan" that Japan instituted in order to help with birth rates?
The Plus One Policy
Click here to read some strategies that Japan has tried in order increase its declining population. Analyze whether or not it has worked.
An Aging Japanese Population has Japan Looking toward Immigration
Read how and why Japan is quietly turning to immigration as its population ages.
Why does Japan Need Robots?
Is Japan Becoming a Country of Immigration?

Italy

Low Fertility, Social Rigidity & Government Policies in Italy
Did you know that Italy was one of the first countries to reach low fertility rates? Click here to learn more.
Solution for an Aging Italian Population
Click here to watch a video on Solutions for an Aging Italian Population.
Why National Fertility Campaigns Are Unlikely to Work
Click here to learn reasons why a national fertility campaign is unlikely to work in Italy.
Fertility Day Fiasco
Click here to read a bit about Italy's Fertility Day.

Is Immigration the Solution to the Population Aging?

Challenges Italy Faces with an Aging Population
Italy is Older than Ever
Click here to learn some of the latest Italian birth statistics.
Italy set to double baby bonus to fight birth rate 'apocalypse'
Click here to learn why Italy is planned to double the baby bonus.

News Sources

China

China Ready to Scrape Two-Child Policy by 2020
Click here to read an article from an Irish News Source about why China is ready to possibly scrape the two child policy by 2020.

Carrots and Sticks: Fertility Effects of China's Population Policies
McElroy, Marjorie, and Dennis Tao Yang. “Carrots and Sticks: Fertility Effects of China's Population Policies.” The American Economic Review, vol. 90, no. 2, 2000, pp. 389–392. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/117256.
The End of China's One Child Policy
Click here to read about the end of China's One Child Policy

The impact of China's One-Child policy in four graphs
Review the four graphs and interpret the impact that the one-child policy, that was instituted in 1980, has had on China's population growth.
China's Two Child Policy
Click here to learn why China is now encouraging its population to have two babies.
Analysis of China's One Child Policy
Click here to read an analysis of China's One Child Policy and why there is an uproar regarding it.
China's Population Crisis
Click here to learn some of the reasons why China's relaxing of their one child policy is failing to yield major gains.
Behind the Great Wall: China's Population Policies
Click here to read some of the history behind China's One Child policy.
China's Baby Blues: When Better Policies for Women Backfire
Don't Expect a Baby Boom Just Because China Ends it One Child Policy
Click here to read some of the reason why there hasn't been a baby boom in China just because the one child policy has been lifted.
China May End 40 Years of Family Planning Limits
Click here to learn why China's new civil code does not discuss "family planning" within it.

Iran

Iran's Demographic Challenge
Click here to read about Iran's Demographic struggle.
The Swinging Pendulum of the Population Policy of Iran
Iran's Shift in Family Planning Policy
Click here to learn some of the reason why Iran is shifting its family planning policy.
Iran Age Structure
Population Density Map of Iran
Click here to see the population density map of Iran.

Iran is Reversing its Population Policy

Singapore

A Teacher's Summary of Singapore's Pro-Natalist and Anti-Natalist
Click here to read a summary of the major statistics surrounding Singapore's population issues.
Singapore's Changes in Population Policy
Click here to read BBC's Bitesize about Singapore's changes in their population policies.

Rich Nations Need to Find Cure for Baby Bust
LET'S MAKE A BABY: Mentos takes on Singapore's population crisis
Click here to watch a marketing campaign that Mentos put out to have Singaporeans make babies.
Did Mr Lee Kuan Yew create a Singapore in his own image?
Reproductive Rights of Women in Singapore
Singapore Government Baby Bonus Scheme
Click here to read about the Singapore Baby Bonus Scheme.

Thailand

Impacts of demographic change in Thailand - In depth report on population change in Thailand.

Thailand: A Family Planning Success Story

Cooperative partnerships, innovative marketing, and a sense of fun have helped Thailand defuse the population bomb

By Edorah Frazer

Rwanda

Population Policy at the Community Level

Crowd Control in Rwanda
Click here to read an article about Rwanda is doing to control its population.

After So Many Deaths, Too Many Births
Click here learn about how after Rwanda experienced so much death is now facing the daunting problem of being overpopulated.
Rwanda Tackles Population Growth
More Rwandan Women Opt for Birth Control
Rwanda Moves to Limit Family Size
Click here to learn why in 2007 Rwanda moved to limit family size.