Unit 12 Trends, exercise 1
Write a short paragraph (three or four sentences) describing some of the trends shown in the table below, or describe a trend connected to your own discipline. Try to use some of the words from the unit.
Words to learn Unit 12
- adjust AWL
- collapse AWL
- decline AWL
- demographic
- downturn
- dramatic AWL
- fluctuate AWL
- maintain AWL
- range AWL
- rate
- stabilize AWL
- steadily
- successive AWL
- trend AWL
- underlying AWL
Figure 1: Global population growth (annual %): selected countries
Country |
2000 |
2005 |
2010 |
2014 |
Australia |
1.2% |
1.3% |
1.6% |
1.6% |
Brazil |
1.5% |
1.3% |
1.0% |
0.9% |
China |
0.8% |
0.6% |
0.5% |
0.5% |
Italy |
0.0% |
0.5% |
0.3% |
1.8% |
Kuwait |
4.0% |
4.4% |
6.0% |
4.3% |
Poland |
-1.0% |
0.0% |
-0.3% |
-0.1% |
USA |
1.1% |
0.9% |
0.8% |
0.7% |
Source: The World Bank