1. Open the web page by clicking http://www-popexpo.ined.fr/english.html
2. Click on ‘6 Billion human beings’
Remember this is an interactive web page and in completing the tasks you will find your answers.
The world today
1. What is the population of the world when you opened this web page?
2. How many people were on the earth when you were born and what percentage has the population increased by since then?
3. What is the predicted population in 120 years time?
4. How many babies come to life everyday?
How many children in your lifetime?
5. How many babies is it possible for a woman to have in her lifetime?
6. If a woman became sterile at 45, how many babies is it possible for her to have?
7. What are the main reasons why women do not have this many children?
8. Enter on the web page the best age for a woman to get married. How many does this reduce the fertility potential (the number of babies you can have) by?
9. What is the average age of marriage in the regions listed below?
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10. Enter on the web page the number of months you think a woman should breastfeed for. How much does the birth potential reduce by?
11. How many months, on average, do women from each of the regions below breastfeed?
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How many children in your lifetime?
12. Enter on the web page the number of children you want. If you do not use birth control, how many children could you have?
13. For each of the birth control methods shown below, write down their efficiency rate.
| | Efficiency rate |
| Have no sex | |
| Withdrawal | |
| Condoms | |
| Pill | |
| IUD | |
| Sterilization | |
14. What is the most common form of birth control worldwide?
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