1. Population-Revision
27/09/2010

2. What is the difference between Population distribution and Population density?
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Distribution describes where the people are in the World.
Density describes how many people are in a particular area (km2).

3. What factors effect population distribution and density?

4. Population per km2 over 150 10-150 Under 10
UK Popn

5. UK popn + relief

6. Factors affecting population distribution
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Climate
Relief
Factors affecting population distribution
Economic Activities
Soil
Technological Development
Resources
Communications

7. World Population Density

8. Glossary Copy this slide Population distribution Population density
Environmental factors
Physical factors
Human factors
Positive factors
Negative factors
Pattern of where people live
How many people per km2
Changeable/natural things about the place (climate, soils etc)
Unchangeable things about the landscape
Features influenced by humans
These attract people
These are avoided by people

9. Population Statistics

10. Important statistics Birth Rate Natural Increase Infant Mortality Rate
Life Expectancy
Death Rate

11. Birth Rate by Country (per 1000 population)

12. Death Rate by Country (per 1000 population)

13. Infant mortality rate (per 1000 babies)

14. Good Place to live Bad Central Scotland Antarctica Sahara Himalayas
Amazon
Rockie Mountains
Japan
Shetland
London
Cairngorms
Iraq

15. Clips from BBC

16. The Demographic Transition Model

17. The Demographic Transition Model
This is a model devised to show and explain changes in the population pattern over time.
There are 5 stages in the model:
High Stationary
Early expanding
Late expanding
Low stationary
Declining.

18. Demographic Transition Model

19. BBC clips Changes in mortality rates
The outbreak of Cholera in Manchester
A government information film from 1946 illustrating the progress being made in improving public health.

20. World Population Increase

21. Recap. Name 2 physical factors that effect population distribution.
Name a country that is very densely populated.
What is the definition of birth rate?
What is the definition of death rate?
Birth rate – death rate = ?

22. Recap Answers. Relief, climate, water supply, etc. India, China.
The number of births in a country in a year, per 1000 people.
The number of deaths in a country in a year, per 1000 people.
Birth rate – death rate = Natural increase

23. World population Increase

24. BBC Clips
World population increase?
Germany population decrease

25. Population Pyramids

26. Differences between ELDCs and EMDCs
ELDCs: Economically Less Developed Countries.
EMDCs: Economically More Developed Countries.

27. ELDC’s and EMDC’s

28. Why the difference in population?

29. Paired work: statement sort
The statements you have been given need to be sorted out in to categories.
Your categories are:
Changes in a Developed population.
Changes in a Developing population.
Write these two headings, one on each sheet of A4 paper.
Cut out and put the statements under the correct heading.
Once you have checked your answers stick them in place.

30. Implications of falling birth rates in Developed countries.
Fewer young people reduces the size of the available work force.
More older people need to be cared for due to increased life expectancy.
Increasing need for medical care and care homes for elderly people.
Taxes on the working population need to increase.
The retirement age is increased
Government money is diverted from other areas of the economy.

31. Implications of rising birth rates and falling death rates in Developing Countries.
Overpopulation.
Not enough food to meet the demands of a growing population.
Inadequate housing for the population, particularly in cities and towns.
Slums and shanty towns are common.
These areas often lack basic facilities like clean water and electricity.
High unemployment rates, widespread poverty, lack of government aid.
Lack of health care and education.
Increased migration.

32. Solutions EMDC soultions.
More paternity leave to encourage couples to have more children
Raise retirement age, reduce pensions.
Encourage people to take out private pension schemes.
Encourage more women to work.
Allow in more immigrants.

33. Solutions ELDC soultions.
Laws limiting family size e.g. one-child policy in China.
More information given out about family planning and contraception.
Better education.
More opportunities for abortions
Incentives for people with smaller families.

34. Migration

35. What is migration?
Migration = The movement of people from one place to another.

36. Migration Migration has always happened.
Increased migration between countries due to cheaper transport.
How Victorian industrialisation drew large numbers of people away from working the land, into working in towns and factories.

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Types of Migration
Voluntary migration: where people move of there own free will.
Forced migration: where people have no choice they must move.
Permanent migration: people move forever, find a new place to live.
Temporary migration: there is always intentions to come home again (not forever).

38. Push and Pull factors Push factors: pushing people away from an area.
Pull factors: pulling people towards an area.
Task:
Sort the following into push and pull factors:
Lack of jobs
Access to health services
No schools
No access to clean water
Housing
Bright lights / entertainment

39. BBC clips
Push and Pull factors
Why do people leave the countryside?

40. Population Census

41. COUNTING THE POPULATION
You should be able to:
Describe methods of acquiring data.
Explain why it is important to collect information about populations.
Give examples of difficulties faced by those in charge of conducting the census. 41

42. WHAT IS A CENSUS? Carried out every 10 years April
One form per household
Legal obligation to complete
Range of questions
Government usually puts a lot of money into publicity to encourage people to complete and return ASAP 42

43. COUNT ME IN – CENSUS 2001 What would you like to find out in a Census?
Age
Sex
Religion
Occupation
Number of children, etc.
Why do we collect this data
and how is it used? 43

44. SCOTTISH CENSUS
What it looks like

45. CENSUS PUBLICITY 45

46. COUNT ME IN – CENSUS 2001 UK Population 58,789,194
Scotland = 5,062,011
Scotland’s population has dropped by 2% over the last 20 years
1st time ever – more over 60s than under 16s 46

47. DIFFICULTIES COLLECTING CENSUS DATA
Expensive process
Nomadic people hard to track down
Illegal immigrants
Social and religious reasons for inaccurate responses
People may be untruthful – UK Poll Tax, China One Child Policy etc. 47

48. DIFFICULTIES COLLECTING CENSUS DATA
Illiteracy – unable to fill in paperwork
Many languages in some ELDCs – complicated and adds to expense
Internal migration – hard to keep tabs on people
Poor internal communication structures
Difficult terraine, war, distrust of official 48