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were foreign immigrants in 2006 and their number continues to increase.
They usually come from developing countries and less from developed ones
and they immigrate to developed or to some developing country where
employment opportunities are better. One factor that plays a significant
role in the mortality rate of some developing countries is the diseases that
are not combated effectively, such as AIDS. In Europe, the age structure of
the population has been considerably influenced by factors such as the high
mortality and low natality rates during World War II, the “baby boom”
after the war, the long period of low natality that followed and the inflow
of immigrants during the last decades. It is estimated that in order for the
European population reduction to be avoided, a yearly immigrants’ inflow
twice that of 1990 would be needed.
The most probable course is that the global population will be stabilized
ity will continue to decrease in those developing countries where such a tendency exists today and it is expected that the decrease will also take place
in countries where natality has remained consistently high. Urbanization
and the modernization of societies in developing countries are considered
7.1
6.6
4.1
5.1
4.0
2.4
1.8
4.5
4.0
2.9
4.1
3.8
3.4
3.2
Children per woman*
Egypt, 2000
Secondary or higher
Primary
Primary (discontinued)
Without school education
Cambodia, 2000
Secondary or higher
Primary
Without school education
Peru, 2000
Higher
Primary
Primary (discontinued)
Without school education
Mali, 2001
Secondary or higher
Primary
Without school education
* Mean number of children on the basis of natality.
Figure 3.12 Relation between natality and educational level of mothers. (From
Hadjibiros 2007, Ecology. Ecosystems and Environmental Protection, 3rd edition.
Symmetria, Athens www.unfpa.org. With permission.)
were foreign immigrants in 2006 and their number continues to increase.
They usually come from developing countries and less from developed ones
and they immigrate to developed or to some developing country where
employment opportunities are better. One factor that plays a significant
role in the mortality rate of some developing countries is the diseases that
are not combated effectively, such as AIDS. In Europe, the age structure of
the population has been considerably influenced by factors such as the high
mortality and low natality rates during World War II, the “baby boom”
after the war, the long period of low natality that followed and the inflow
of immigrants during the last decades. It is estimated that in order for the
European population reduction to be avoided, a yearly immigrants’ inflow
twice that of 1990 would be needed.
The most probable course is that the global population will be stabilized
ity will continue to decrease in those developing countries where such a tendency exists today and it is expected that the decrease will also take place
in countries where natality has remained consistently high. Urbanization
and the modernization of societies in developing countries are considered
7.1
6.6
4.1
5.1
4.0
2.4
1.8
4.5
4.0
2.9
4.1
3.8
3.4
3.2
Children per woman*
Egypt, 2000
Secondary or higher
Primary
Primary (discontinued)
Without school education
Cambodia, 2000
Secondary or higher
Primary
Without school education
Peru, 2000
Higher
Primary
Primary (discontinued)
Without school education
Mali, 2001
Secondary or higher
Primary
Without school education
* Mean number of children on the basis of natality.
Figure 3.12 Relation between natality and educational level of mothers. (From
Hadjibiros 2007, Ecology. Ecosystems and Environmental Protection, 3rd edition.
Symmetria, Athens www.unfpa.org. With permission.)