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China’s One-Child Policy
A Government Attempt at Promoting Smaller Families
Population Density by Country
As of 2006:
Average population density of the world=122
people/mi2
United States=83 people/mi2
China=363 people/mi2
Taiwan=1,655 people/mi2
Hong Kong=16,444 people/mi2!
Macau (P.R. of China)=48,003
people/mi2!!!!!!
Mao Zedong
“Of all things in
the world,
people are the
most precious”
“One Child: Prosperous Life”
“Increase Production, Decrease Population”
“It’s Better to Marry and Have Children at a
Mature Age.”
“Carry out Family Planning”
“Control Our Population at 1.2 Billion”
China’s Population Pyramid (2010)
China’s Projected Population Pyramid (2025)
Resources
“Population Campaigns,” in NOVA Beta, by Lexi Krock.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/population-
campaign.html
United Nations World Populations Prospects (2006)