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Advanced Demography: Specifics and Milestones

Demography

Testing in-depth knowledge of demography with a focus on precise dates, historical figures, and quantitative data.

historical demography population statistics demographic transition census data

10 Questions Hard Ages 16+ Aug 6, 2026

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1 Which year did the United Nations project the global population to reach 8 billion people?

A 2019
B 2021
C 2023
D 2025

2 The Malthusian catastrophe theory, concerning population outstripping resources, was first published in what year by Thomas Robert Malthus?

A 1798
B 1805
C 1821
D 1834

3 What was the approximate global crude birth rate per 1,000 population in 1950, according to UN data?

A 20
B 30
C 40
D 50

4 The concept of the 'demographic transition' was first systematically described by demographer Warren S. Thompson in which publication year?

A 1929
B 1935
C 1942
D 1948

5 As of 2020, which country had the highest life expectancy at birth globally, exceeding 85 years?

A Japan
B Switzerland
C Singapore
D Hong Kong

6 The first modern national census in the United States was conducted in what year?

A 1776
B 1789
C 1790
D 1800

7 The Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to Angus Deaton in 2015 for his work on consumption, poverty, and welfare, building upon his extensive demographic and economic research in countries like India, dating back to the...

A 1960s
B 1970s
C 1980s
D 1990s

8 What was the approximate global population in 1900, according to historical demographic estimates?

A 1.0 billion
B 1.6 billion
C 2.2 billion
D 2.8 billion

9 The Second Demographic Transition theory, characterized by declining fertility and increasing diversity in family structures, was primarily formulated by Ken Daniels and Frans W. Notestein in the...

A 1950s
B 1970s
C 1980s
D 2000s

10 In what year did the global population officially surpass 7 billion people, according to UN estimates?

A 2005
B 2008
C 2011
D 2014

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