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 * 1950 ** : State philosophy was; “a large population gives a strong nation” people where encouraged to have has as many children as possible. During that time death rates where falling due to improved medical care and food supplies.



// Birth rates increase causing the pyramid to have a wide base. Death rates decrease eliminating the exponential decrease curve that is seen in other populations due to a very high death rate. //


 * 1959-1961: ** (Great Leap Forward)- time when industrial production had to be increased at all costs, and little attention was paid to farming. Result was a drastic decrease in population due to famine which broke out, an estimated 20 million people died. During that time infant mortality rates rose and birth rates fell.



// As Seen from the Population pyramid animation one can notice that the year 1960 has a slight decrease in population compared to the year before it, this is mainly due to the famine that had broken out. //

In 1975 the average family size was 3 children per family but that was still too much, thus beginning an advertisement campaign called “Wan-Xi-Shao”, “later, longer, fewer” (later mariages, longer gaps between children, and fewer children” Even if this campaign had have reduced the population to 2 children per family the population would double in fifty years due to millions of couples in the reproductive age. The government in 1979 introduced a more strict policy to ensure this would not happen.
 * Year 1975-1979: **
 * 1979 ** : One Child Per Family Policy. This would achieve a total fertility rate of 1.5.



// As seen from the population pyramid animation, it is noticed that as the year 1980 is displayed there is a sharp decrease in the TFR due to the new policy. The generations after 1980 do not exceed the TFR of 1980 significantly. This is due to the One Child Policy. The One Child policy was a success in regards to the TFR decreasing. //


 * Year 2000 Population Pyramid: **

http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/country.php

// Birth rates have decreased as seen from the base of pyramid. Ages 25+ where one of the first generations to go through the One Child Policy that is why the birth rates after them have mostly declined, due to the restriction of the policy. //


 * Year 2012 Population Pyramid: **



http://www.census.gov/ipc/

// Life expectancy seems to have risen between years 2000-2012 where there has been an increase in the number of people living beyond the age of 85. //

** Year 2025 Population Pyramid: **



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// In this population pyramid Chinas population is beginning to stabilize. The birth rate has continued to decrease and so has the death rate, the life expectancy has also increased in comparison to 2012. //


 * // Bibliography: // **

// GAIA – Pages 380-383 //
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