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Human Geography: Population Notes:
1. Why do we study population?
The statistical study of population is known as ___________________.
Demography helps us to
• Understand ___________________ ___________________
• plan for things such as ___________________ and ___________________
• Make business decisions
2. Demography: Vocabulary
___________________: A way for governments to gather information about the
population of a country. Usually done every 5 to 10 years
___________________ ___________________: A wealthy country with well-developed
infrastructure. People living here have a high standard of living.
ie. Canada, USA
___________________ ___________________: A poor country with weak infrastructure.
People living here have a low standard of living.
ie. Haiti, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan
3. Carrying Capacity
There are there are more than ___________________ human beings on earth.
Reached October 12 1999.
Every second ________ people are _______________ and _______ people ______________,
a net gain of three people.
4. World Population Growth
Our world population has ___________________ dramatically in recent decades
In 1800 we reached a population of 1 billion!
By 1920, we had grown to 2 billion! (___________________ in ___________________ years)
Today, there are approximately ___________________ people on earth!
(___________________ in ___________________ years)
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5. Population Distribution
1 ___________________ 1,350,847,624
2 ___________________ 1,276,267,000
3 ___________________ 321,605,012
4 ___________________ 255,461,700
5 ___________________209,715,847
Canada 35,160,000 (10 times smaller than USA) 6. Ecological Footprint
Estimate of how much productive ___________________ and ___________________ you
need to support what you use and what you discard.
In other words, it’s a measure of how ___________________ ___________________ you take
up on the planet.
7. Calculating Population Change
In order to understand how a population is changing, we must be aware of three
things:
How many ___________________ are __________________
___________________/Fertility
How many ___________________ ___________________
Death rate/Mortality
How many people ___________________ or
Immigration and emigration
___________________ of an area
8. Crude Birth Rate
The result of this calculation is expressed as the number of ___________________ in 1
___________________ for every ___________________ people living in the area.
Canada’s birth rate is approximately ___________________ per 1,000.
Other countries have birth rates as high as 50 per 1,000!
9. Crude Death Rate
The result of this calculation is expressed as the number of ___________________ in 1
___________________ for every ___________________ people living in the area.
Canada’s death rate is approximately ___________________ per 1,000.
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Other countries have death rates as high as 30 per 1,000!
10. Rate of Natural Increase
This is calculated by ___________________ the death rate from the birth rate.
The result of this calculation is expressed as the ___________________ of
___________________ in one ___________________.
Canada’s rate of natural increase is births (11/1,000) minus deaths (8/1,000). The result
(3/1,000) when expressed as a ___________________, is 0.3%
Our population grows naturally by 0.3% every year.
11. Doubling Time
Since Canada’s growth rate is 0.3%, the calculation for us would look like this: 70
divided by 0.3 = 233
Result: Canada’s population should double in approximately ___________________.
This is a reallllly long time…
12. Migration
Countries like Canada depend on migration to grow.
___________________ Rate: number of people ___________________ ____________ an area
___________________Rate: number of people ___________________an area
___________________ ___________________Rate: The ___________________ between the
Immigration rate and the emigration rate.