Over Population

In The Dominican Republic

By: Andi Frazier

Josh Zachrel
Kaitlin Roth
 • Population
density is a
measurement of
population per
unit area or unit
volume. The
population
density of the
Dominican
republic is 197
•The approximate people per
population of the square km.
Dominican republic in
2008 is 9,507,133
 Death rate &
Birth rate
• Death rate/birth rate is
the births/deaths per
1,000 people per year
• The Dominican
Republic’s birth rate is
22.65 per thousand
• The death rate is 5.3
per thousand
 Infant Mortality Rate

• Infant mortality is defined as the number of

deaths of infants (three years of age or
younger) per 1000 live births.
• The Dominican Republic’s IMR is 26.93 per
thousand
Life Expectancy
• Life expectancy is
the average number
of years of life
remaining at a given
age.
• DR’s female life
expectancy – 75.24
years. The male’s is
71.61 years.
 • In economics the
people in the labor
Labor Force force are the suppliers
of labor. In 2005, the
worldwide labor force
was over 3 billion
people. Normally, the
labor force of a country
(or other geographic
entity) consists of
everyone of working
age.
• The labor force for
agriculture is 17%
• The labor force for
industrials is 24.3%
 Unemployment
• Unemployment occurs
when a person is
available to work and
currently seeking work,
but the person is
without work.
• The unemployment rate
in the Dominican
Republic’s
unemployment rate is
15.6%
Population below poverty
• The percent of
people living below
poverty in the
Dominican Republic
is 42.2%.
• Arable land is an agricultural term,
meaning land that can be used for
growing crops.
• The percent of arable land in the
Dominican Republic is 22.49%.

Arable Land
Consequences of
Overpopulation
 Causes of
Overpopulation
• Advances in science (people are
living longer). Babies are surviving
more and more.
• Traditions look down upon birth
control
• Families want male children and have
more kids in order to get them.
• The lack of education in Women
about having very large families
• Families having more children in
order to have help working and
farming.
Solutions to Overpopulation
• There are many things
that can be done to
control and prevent
overpopulation in the
Dominican Republic.
• Furthering education
• Becoming industrialized
• Birth Control
• Sterilization
• Gov, supporting the
ideas of small families
Controversial Solution
• Birth control would be a
good solution to helping
with overpopulation.
However, in many
cases it looked down
upon. A lot of countries
say that birth control is
against their religion.
Although it could be a
great solution too many
religious leaders are
preaching against it.