learning target #18 – describe human population in terms of total population,...

WHERE DO BABIES COME FROM?

WHY ARE THERE SO MANY OLD PEOPLE AROUND?

JUST HOW CROWDED IS OUR TINY LITTLE PLANET GETTING?

Population Geography

Learning Target #18 – Describe human population in terms of total population, distribution/density,

the demographic transition, and population pyramids.

King James 2000 BibleAnd you, be you fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

World Population Over Time

So what happened?

What factors caused population growth?

Key Terms

More births ◦ Birth rate◦ Fertility rate

Fewer deaths◦ Death rate◦ Life expectancy◦ Infant mortality rate

Natural Increase◦ Birth rate – death rate

Population Growth Rate

What about for a region…what else do we need to consider?

Examples: USA = 13.66 / 1000 USA = 2.06 children per

woman

USA = 8.39 /1000 USA = 78.62 years USA = 5.9 deaths / 1000

live births

USA = 5.27 /1000 USA = 0.9% (9/1000)

Immigration and Emigration!

Population Distribution/Density

Are people evenly

distributed

across the

Earth?

The Demographic Transition Model

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Why/how does

population change

over time?

More/better food and medicine

Moving into cities; $

Now it’s your turn…Pick a population topic and

geographize it!

Check for understanding…Based on what we have learned so far, what is wrong with this animated map of Earth’s population density over time?Learning Target #18 – Describe human population in terms of total population, distribution/density, the demographic transition, and population pyramids.