POPULATION EXERCISE

CORRECTION
Social Studies Term 1

1.

Definitions. The number of people born over a year in a particular area: Natality The relation between the number of inhabitants in a place and the size of area it occupies: population density The difference between the number of persons having entered the territory and the number of persons having left the territory in the course of the year: migratory balance The average number of years that a person can be expected to live according to statistics: life expectancy A person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence: immigrant A graph that shows the structure of the population according to age and sex in a particular area: population pyramid The increases and decreases in the population produced by biological factors: natural change The difference between the number of births and the number of deaths in a population: natural increase rate Regular movement between a persons place of residence and their place to work or study: commuting The number of people who die over a year in a particular area: mortality The movement related to free time, such as weekends away or holidays.: leisure A person who leaves his country for residence elsewhere: emigrant

2. WRITE THE FORMULA TO CALCULATE:

Birth rate=

Number of births Inhabitants

X 1000

Death rate=

Number of deaths Inhabitants

X 1000

Natural increase rate = birth rate death rate

3. CALCULATE THE POPULATION DENSITY OF

THESE COUNTRIES

Inhabitants Area USA 288.500.000 9.529.063 km2 Singapur 4.200.000 618 km2

30.27 6796.12

4. CALCULATE THE BIRTH RATE AND THE

DEATH RATE OF THESE COUNTRIES
Birth rate= Number of births Inhabitants Number of deaths Inhabitants X 1000

Death rate=

X 1000

Country Honduras Japan Sweden

Inhabitants Births Deaths Birth rate Death rate 12.04 12.04 8.800.000 106.000 106.000 9.83 7.87 127.500.000 1.254.000 1.003.600 28.43 5.02 6.700.000 190.500 33.630

5. READ THIS TEXT AND ANSWER THE

QUESTIONS RELATED

Sicily is an island of 25700 square kilometres in the Mediterranean Sea. There were 5,400,000 inhabitants of the island at the beginning of this year (January 2013). So far there have been 123,000 new children born and 101,000 people have been recorded as deceased (died). What is the population density of the island?

5,400,000 / 25700 = 210,12 inhabitants/km2

5. CONTINUED

Calculate the birth rate

(123,000/5,400,000) x 1000 = 22.77

Calculate the death rate

(101,000/5,400,000) x 1000 = 18.70

5. CONTINUED

What is the natural increase rate? Is it positive or negative? RNI = Birth rate death rate = 22.77 18.70 = 4.07 The natural increase rate is positive so the population is growing What is the current population? (How many people live in Sicily now?) 5,400,000 + 123,000 101,000 = 5,422,000 people live in Sicily now

6. FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS TO PREPARE THIS POPULATION PYRAMID:

Colour women information (right) pink and men information blue. Divide the pyramid into young adults and elderly. Circle the section with more population. Explain how is the population in this country according to this data. This pyramid has a large proportion of adults, and a low proportion of young and elderly people. This is due to an average birth rate and an increase in life expectancy. This pyramid is typical of developing countries.

elderly

adult

young
MEN

WOMEN

7. DRAW A POPULATION PYRAMID WITH THIS DATA:

+80 75- 79 70-74 65 69 60 64

55 59
50 -54 45 49 40 -44 35 -39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9

0-4
4 3 Men 2 1 1 2 women 3 4