Total Population: 293 million Birth Rate: 12 Death Rate: 13 Life Expectancy: Male: 68 Female: 78 Combined: 73 Infant Mortality Rate: 6 Total Fertility Rate: 1.6 Literacy Rate: 99% Rate of Natural Increase: -.31% Economic Development Analysis: Eastern Europe in an MDC. There is a low death rate, and an even lower birthrate. There is a high life expectancy. There is a low infant mortality rate. There is a low infant mortality rate. Population is decreasing. Women will be working outside the home. They will not spend all their time having children.
There tends to be a large increase in people around the ages of 35-49. There is also a smaller but still noticeable influx of people around the age of 60. There are significantly fewer people under the age of 20.
Demographic Transition Model Stage: Belarus: 4 Bulgaria: 5 Czech Republic: 4 Hungary: 5 Moldova: 4 Poland: 4 Romania: 5 Russia: 4 Slovakia:4 Ukraine: 5 In future years the less abundant younger population will have to support a more abundant elderly population. Because there will be so many elderly people, many jobs tending to this population will be necessary. As a result, there possibly won’t be enough people for other jobs, such as teachers, doctors, and engineers.
The population is more dense in larger cities such as Kiev. Also, people tend to be gathered near bodies of water such as the Black Sea. Eastern Europe is 69% urban and 31% rural.