YEAR 7 GEOGRAPHY: POPULATION

POPULATION DEFINITIONS 2

DEFINITION 1: POPULATION

DISTRIBUTION

The way in which people are spread out across the Earth’s surface. Distribution

is uneven and changes over time.

MAP OF GLOBAL POPULATION DISTRIBUTION

DEFINITION 2: POPULATION

DENSITY

The number of people living per square kilometre (km2). It is found by dividing the

total population of a place by its area (km2).

National figures range from 19,000 people per km2 (Monaco) to 0.13 per km2 in Greenland!

People per km2

MAP OF GLOBAL POPULATION DENSITY