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__**Chapter 6: The Human Population and Its Impact **__

1. The population of Niger was 15,878,271 in July 2010. The population growth is 3.66%. It's doubling time is 23 years. It is faster than the world population's doubling time. 2. The birth rate is 51.60. The death rate is 14.47. The immigration rate is o. The emigration rate is -9.26. 3. 0-14: 49.6% (male 3,840,379/female 3,758,674) 15-64: 48% (male 3,658,361/female 3,690,373) 65 years and over: 2.3% (male 159,984/female 198,481) There are more males 0-14 than females but more females 15 and over than males. 4. It's demographic transition shows that there are much more surviving younger people (small children and teens) than older adults (Middle aged people and the elderly). 5. In Niger Family Planning conferences are held to help discuss how to control high infant mortality rates. There are 9 people per square kilometer in Niger and 80% of the population lives in rural areas causing uneven population distribution and leading to overcrowding. 6. Conferences are held to discuss why the infant mortality rates are so high.More than 1 in 10 infants die before their first birthday because of the lack of clean water, poor sanitation, malnutrition, infections, poor of nonexistent health care, and the lack of money spent on health care. They discuss the need to reduce the poverty levels and improve the living conditions throughout the country. The conferences also work to control the age at which the woman has her baby and the length of interval between births.