Question

How would you explain the regional patterns that are very observable with respect to global demography? Are European countries more like each other than they are like Asian countries? Is Africa unique demographically? Are national boundaries therefore meaningless when it comes to population trends?

Answer 1

Global demography is the study of population changes over time. Demographic factors that are observable with respect to global demography are age, sex, education level, income level, marital status, occupation, religion, birth rate, death rate, average size of a family, average age at marriage. Human populations grew slowly, and the age structures, birth rates, and death rates of populations changed only gradually.

Yes European countries more like each other than they are like Asian countries. Europe and Asia both face the huge challenge of articulating a response to the ongoing economic crisis. On a variety of parameters such as economy, human development, arts and culture, European countries are more developed than Asian countries. In the EU the four largest countries are nearly the same size, which means they can come together as peers. They also have similar income per-capita. Regionalism has progressed much further in Europe than in Asia. Europeans understands the importance of working together to bind their economies and societies together. By drafting common rules, promoting close coordination among national authorities, and developing strong regional institutions that advance economic integration, the EU has generated huge economic gains and sharply narrowed the income gap among member countries. Regional integration in Asia has been driven more by markets than by governments. Cooperation among national authorities is more recent and less intimate. Asian countries tend to be more nationalistic. Many Asian countries have recently independence through nationalism to defer any authority to a regional body. It involves no political ambitions, although ASEAN has an advanced security dialogue with several Asian and non-Asian partners.

Yes Africa unique demographically. Africa is the second-largest continent in the world both in size and population. The population of Africa has grown rapidly over the past century. African nations as a whole are made up from such a diverse set of components. However, in certain parts of the continent there has been an increase in Asian and European settlers, which has also served to boost the population statistics as a whole. Africa is home to over 1 billion people who speak over 1,500 different languages.

It is natural that geographical features provide the foundation of countries; where a nation is physically located influences patterns of endogenous lifestyle and who are the neighbor countries for the nation is likely to set up exogenous international relations. The economic impact attributed to the border might actually reflect the effects of geographic distance between markets. People are migrating from one country to another. National boundaries therefore meaningless when it comes to population trends.