3.4 Population Growth in Africa

• Meaning of population, census and demographic trends
• Causes of population growth in Africa
• Effects of population growth, including pressure on services, environment and roads
• Types of migration in Africa and factors that influence them
• Impact of migration on population growth; Kenya census patterns
• Awareness of effects in the community; coping with stress from crowding and movement

• explore causes and effects of population growth in Africa
• examine types and effects of migration in Africa
• illustrate demographic trends in Kenya
• create awareness on the effects of population growth in the community
• appreciate the impact of migration on population growth in Africa

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1. Population, census and why demography matters
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   Meanings of population, census and demographic change, and why Grade 8 studies them to plan, not to shame families.
2. Causes of population growth in Africa
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   High births, falling deaths, a young age structure and social factors as causes, with Kenya as a worked example of falling fertility still on a young base.
3. Effects of population growth, including busy roads
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Pressure on land, water, schools, jobs, environment and road users, plus possible gains if a country plans, and first ideas for awareness posters.
4. Types of migration and what pushes or pulls
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Rural-urban and other internal moves, international in and out, refugees, and push-pull-forced factors in Africa.
5. Kenya demographic trends and the impact of migration
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   How to illustrate a youthful structure, uneven density and urban pull from census ideas, and how migration rearranges growth in Africa.
6. Awareness posters and coping with crowding stress
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   How to create community awareness of population-growth effects and chart ways of coping with stress from crowding and migration, without shaming people.