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About these slides: These slides were developed for David Lam’s presidential address to the 2011 annual meeting of the Population Association of America, Washington, D.C., April 1, 2011. They have been revised since the address to incorporate the U.N.’s latest population estimates. The notes roughly follow the script of the presidential address. The slides are available for public use under the following conditions: 1.The original source must be acknowledged. 2.They are only to be used for educational purposes. 3.The slides can be modified and separated as long as the content is not substantially altered and each slide retains the author and title information at the bottom of the slide.
Note that the slides are not intended to stand alone, but are to accompany the written version of the paper:David Lam, “How the world survived the population bomb: Lessons from 50 years of extraordinary demographic history,” Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, August 2011.
Excellent research assistance in production of the paper and the slides was provided by Kendra Goostrey.
David LamProfessor, Department of Economics
Research Professor, Population Studies CenterUniversity of Michigan
[email protected]://personal.psc.isr.umich.edu/~davidl/
August 10, 2011
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How the World Survived the Population Bomb
David LamUniversity of
Michigan
Lessons from 50 Years of Extraordinary Demographic
History
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World population is projected to reach 7 billion in 2011.
We reached 6 billion in 1999.
United Nations Population Division Estimates
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Thomas Malthus1766-1834
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1960
World population reached 3
billion
Time MagazineJanuary 1960
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1963
World population growth
reached 2.2% per year.
U.S. Census Bureau Estimates
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1968Paul Ehrlich publishes
The Population Bomb
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How unusual was the demography of the
1960s?
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39 years
World PopulationDoubling times
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39 years
70 years
World PopulationDoubling times
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150 years
39 years
70 years
World PopulationDoubling times
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150 years
500 years
39 years
70 years
World PopulationDoubling times
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150 years
500 years
1200 years
39 years
70 years
World PopulationDoubling times
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150 years
500 years1200
years
39 years
70 years
What is the next
number in this
sequence?
World PopulationDoubling times
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How many years from 1999 until the world population reaches 12 billion?
a. 20 years b. 30 years c. 40 years
d. 60 years e. 100 years
f. Over 100 years
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How many years from 1999 until the world population reaches 12 billion?
a. 20 years b. 30 years c. 40 years
d. 60 years e. 100 years
f. Over 100 years
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How many years from 1999 until the world population reaches 12 billion?
a. 20 years b. 30 years c. 40 years
d. 60 years e. 100 years
f. Over 100 yearsg. Over 1000
years?
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How many years from 1999 until the world population reaches 12 billion?
a. 20 years b. 30 years c. 40 years
d. 60 years e. 100 years
f. Over 100 yearsg. Over 1000
years?h. Forever?
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U.N. projections of world population to 2100
High, Medium, and Low Variants
UN Population Division Estimates - 2010 revision
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Annual growth rate of world population
Pre-1950 estimates
1963 2.19%(Census Bureau)
2010
1.15%
Census Bureau estimates and projections
1968 2.03%
(UN)UN estimates and projections
UN Population Division Estimates - 2010 revision
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The Demographic Transition
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Crude Birth Rate
Crude Death Rate
Rate of Natural Increase
Demographic Transition
Southeast Asia
per 1000 population
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Birth rate
Death rate
Rate of Natural Increase
Demographic Transition
Sub-Saharan Africa
per 1000 population
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Crude Birth Rate
Crude Death Rate
Rate of Natural Increase
Demographic Transition
World
per 1000 population
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Three Big Concerns
1. Would we be able to feed everyone?2. Would we run out of resources?3. Would poverty increase?
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Food Production
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“The world, especially the developing world, is rapidly running out of food…. In fact, the battle to feed humanity is already lost, in the sense that we will not be able to prevent large-scale famines in the next decade or so.”
- Paul Ehrlich, The Population Bomb, 1968
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World Food Production 1961-
1980(1961=100)
Populati
onTotal Food
Production
Per Capita Food
Production
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization
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“As the 1980’s begin, the growth in world production is losing momentum and its excess over population growth is narrowing.”
Lester Brown, Science 1981
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World Food Production1961-2009(1961=100)
Population
Total Food Production
Per Capita Food Production
Populati
on
Total Food
Production
Per Capita Food
Production
Food and Agriculture Organization
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Food Production
in India
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“My examination of the trend of India’s grain production over the last eighteen years leads me to the conclusion that the present 1967-1968 production…is at a maximum level.”
-Louis H. Bean, quoted in Paul Ehrlich,
The Population Bomb, 1968
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India Food Production1961-1990(1961=100)
Populati
on
Total Food
Production
Per Capita Food
Production
Food and Agriculture Organization
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“Since 1983, India’s rising grain production has lost momentum….the country appears to be facing a catastrophic problem in the 1990s...”
Paul Ehrlich & Anne EhrlichThe Population Explosion, 1990
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India Food Production1961-2009(1961=100)
Populati
on
Total F
ood
Producti
on
Per Capita Food
Production
Populati
onTotal Food Productio
n
Per Capita Food
Production
Food and Agriculture Organization
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Food Production in Sub-Saharan
Africa
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Sub-Saharan AfricaFood Production
1961=100Po
pulati
on
Total Food
Production
Per Capita Food Production
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“It’s difficult to make predictions, especially about the future.”
Yogi Berra and/or
Neils Bohr
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Resource Depletion
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Julian Simon
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“If you are prepared to pay me now the current market price for $1,000 worth of any mineral you name, I will agree to pay you the market price of the same amount of that raw material on any future date you now specify.”
Julian Simon, 1981 The Ultimate Resource
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Julian Simon’s bet with Paul Ehrlich
Total inflation-adjusted cost fell from $1000 in 1980 to $618 in 1990
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Real prices of metals1960-2010(1980=100)
Chromium
Tungsten
Copper
Nickel
TinSource: USGS
Simon-Ehrlich bet
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Energy
Non-Energy
Food
Real commodity prices 1960-2010
(1980=100)
Source: World Bank
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Poverty
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Percent in PovertyLow and Middle Income Countries
(in 2005 US dollars)
< $2.00 per day< $1.25 per day
World Bank estimates
< $1.25 per day excluding China
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Number in Poverty (Billions)Low and Middle Income Countries
< $2.00 per day
< $1.25 per day< $1.25 per day (excluding China)
World Bank estimates
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Sub-Saharan Africa
South Asia
East Asia
Latin America
Percent in Poverty<$1.25 per day
World Bank estimates
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How did we survive?
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Economics
1. Market responses2. Innovation3. Globalization
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Economics
1. Market responses2. Innovation3. Globalization
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Vietnam Food Production1961=100
Populati
on
Tota
l Foo
d
Prod
uctio
n
Per Capita Food
Production
1981-89 liberalizat
ion
Food and Agriculture Organization
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Economics
1. Market responses2. Innovation3. Globalization
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Norman Borlaug, “Father of the Green Revolution”
1970 Nobel Peace Prize Winner
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Rice-World
Wheat-World
Productivity:Yield per hectare
1961=100
Food and Agriculture Organization
Wheat-India
Rice-India
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Economics
1. Market responses2. Innovation3. Globalization
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Exports as % of GDP
Low and Middle Income Countries
High income countries
World Bank estimates
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Demography
1. Urbanization2. Fertility decline3. Investments in children
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Demography
1. Urbanization2. Fertility decline3. Investments in children
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Urban and Rural PopulationWorld (billions)
Total
Urban
Rural
UN Population Division Estimates - 2010 revision
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Demography
1. Urbanization2. Fertility decline3. Investments in children
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Total Fertility RateWorld
Decline of 82% relative to replacement fertility
Decline of 47% from 1950 to 2010
UN Population Division Estimates - 2010 revision
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Total Fertility Rate
Sub-Saharan Africa
East Asia
Southeast Asia
South Asia
Latin America
UN Population Division Estimates - 2010 revision
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Why did fertility fall so rapidly?
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TFR by Wanted TFR74 DHS countriesN=185
TFR=1.07(0.12)+0.98(0.033)WTFR
R2=.83
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Change in TFR by Change in Wanted TFR43 DHS countriesN=95
TFR=-0.028(0.006)+0.829(0.085)WTFR
R2=.466
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Demography
1. Urbanization2. Fertility decline3. Investments in children
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Percentage of cohort with primary schooling, Brazil
Female
Male
Census data via IPUMS-International
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Why did schooling
increase so rapidly?
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Cape Area Panel Study (CAPS)University of Cape Town – University of
MichiganMajor support from NICHD
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Enrollment rate of Africans who have not completed secondary
schoolCape Area Panel Study 2005
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Larger Cohorts and Smaller
Families
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The Transition from Quantity to
Quality
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Years of schooling of 16-17 year-olds, Brazil
1960
1970
1980
1991
2000
Census data via IPUMS-International
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Years of schooling of 16-17 year-olds, Brazil
1960
1970
1980
1991
2000
0.98 increase
3.34 increase
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Have we really survived?
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Mean annual temperature (Fahrenheit)Global average, 1880-2010
Source: NASA
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Sulfur Dioxide Emissions, U.S., 1900-2005(1900=100)
Source: Smith et al 2011
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Source: World Bank
Food Price Index(2000=100)
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What will 2050 be like?
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