1. HUMAN POPULATION

2. The scientific study of human population is called…
DEMOGRAPHY

3. What are some factors that can affect the human population?
Disease
Economy
War

4. Human Population Growth
textbook!
What kind of growth does this graph display?

5. POPCLOCK As of today… How many people when you were born
Global Human Population Counter
PoodWaddle Site
How many people when you were born

6. Patterns of Population Growth
Birth rates, death rates, and the age structure of a population help predict why some countries have high growth rates while other countries grow more slowly.

7. Age-structure diagram

8. Age-structure diagram

9. Moving in…Moving Out Immigration: individuals moving in
Emmigration: individuals moving out
These have direct effects on the population in a certain country or area
But, as a population as a whole, it doesn’t really factor in (since we can’t leave this planet, nor do other planets contain humans)

10. Future Population Growth
Projections:
Ten years ago, the projection was that the human population would reach more than 9 billion people by 2025
Now, that has slowed to 2050.

11. Human Population: Historical View & Prediction

12. Human Population: World Growth Rate

13. However…. What is the carrying capacity of the planet?
Will the human population ever be able to reach logistic growth?
What effects does the size of the human population have on OUR environment?
What do we as HUMANS have control over?