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This document discusses key concepts and terms related to population geography. It covers topics like population growth rates from 0 AD to 1998 AD, population distribution patterns around the world, different measures of population density, and characteristics used to describe populations like crude birth/death rates, natural increase, fertility rates, life expectancy, and age structure. Population pyramids and solutions to population growth are also briefly mentioned.

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This document discusses key concepts and terms related to population geography. It covers topics like population growth rates from 0 AD to 1998 AD, population distribution patterns around the world, different measures of population density, and characteristics used to describe populations like crude birth/death rates, natural increase, fertility rates, life expectancy, and age structure. Population pyramids and solutions to population growth are also briefly mentioned.

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Population

Cultural Geography
C.J. Cox

Population

Population Terms
Population Growth
Population Distribution
Population Density
Population Characteristics
Population Pyramids
Demographic Transition
Solutions to Population Growth

Population Terms
Demography - the study of population
characteristics
Overpopulation- when the available
resources cannot support the
number of people
Density - How many? The total
number of people

Population Growth
0 AD
1803 AD
1903 AD
1950 AD
1987 AD
1998 AD

250 Million People


1 Billion People
1.6 Billion People
3.0 Billion People
5.0 Billion People
6.0 Billion People

Population Distribution

Population
Concentrations
East Asia
South Asia
South East Asia
Europe
North America

Sparsely Populated
Regions
dry lands
wet lands
high lands
cold lands

Population

Population Terms
Population Growth
Population Distribution
Population Density
Population Characteristics
Population Pyramids
Demographic Transition
Solutions to Population Growth

Arithmetic Density: The total number of


people divided by the total land area.

Arithmetic

of

Density: The total number


people divided by the total land area.

Arithmetic Density: The total number of


people divided by the total land area.

Physiological

Density: The number of people per


unit of area of arable land, which is land
suitable for agriculture.

Physiological

Density: The number of people per


unit of area of arable land, which is land
suitable for agriculture.

Agricultural Density: The number of farmers to


the total amount of land suitable for agriculture.

Density
Arithmetic Density: The total number of
people divided by the total land area.
Physiological Density: The number of
people per unit of area of arable
land, which is land suitable for
agriculture.
Agricultural Density: The number of
farmers to the total amount of land
suitable for agriculture.

Population

Population Terms
Population Growth
Population Distribution
Population Density
Population Characteristics
Population Pyramids
Demographic Transition
Solutions to Population Growth

Crude

Birth Rate : The total number of live births in a


year for every 1,000 people alive in the society.

Crude

Death Rate : The total number of


deaths in a year for every 1,000 people alive in
the society.

Natural

Increase: The percentage growth of a


population in a year, computed as the crude birth
rate minus the crude death rate.

Population Characteristics

Crude Birth Rate : The total number of live


births in a year for every 1,000 people
alive in the society.
Crude Death Rate : The total number of
deaths in a year for every 1,000 people
alive in the society.
Natural Increase: The percentage growth of
a population in a year, computed as the
crude birth rate minus the crude death
rate.

Population Characteristics
Fertility Rate: The average number of
children a woman will have throughout
her childbearing years.

Doubling Time: The number of years


needed to double a population,
assuming a constant rate of natural
increase.

Infant

Mortality Rate: - the number of deaths of


children under the age of 1, per thousand of
the general population.

Population Characteristics

Life Expectancy : The average number of years


an individual can be expected to live, given
current social, economic, and medical
conditions.
Population under the age of 15 - usually
shown as a percentage of the total
population
of a country - dependency ages
Population over the age of 65 - usually shown
as a percentage of the population.
dependency age

Life

Expectancy : The average number of years an


individual can be expected to live, given current
social, economic, and medical conditions.

Population

under the age of 15 - usually shown as


a percentage of the total population of a country dependency age is 0-15

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