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Global Population
Global Population
MOST POPULOUS
COUNTRIES
Population
Country
(est. of July 2012)
China 1,343,239,923
India 1,205,073,612
Indonesia 248,216,193
Brazil 205,716,890
Russia 17,098,242
Canada 9,984,670
China 9,596,961
Brazil 8,514,877
http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/
POPULATION
4
(IN BILLIONS)
0
1800 1825 1850 1875 1900 1925 1950 1975 2000 2025
YEAR
REASONS FOR POPULATION GROWTH
**deserts, high
mountains, and ice-
covered land cannot
support large numbers
of people.
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
People are not distributed (spread) evenly
on Earth’s usable land.
Fertile soil
Mild climate
Natural resources
Water resources
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION CONT’D
2/3 of the world’s people are
located in 5 regions that have
the most natural resources
1. East Asia
2. South Asia
3. Southeast Asia
4. Europe
5. Eastern North
America
**In most regions, more people live near cities
than in rural areas, because there are more jobs
and resources readily available in the cities.
POPULATION
•Migration – movement of a
group from one region to another
WHY PEOPLE MIGRATE
**Immigration has greatly increased in the last 200 years, partly due to improved
transportation
WHAT IS A REFUGEE?
Divergent bar graphs are used to show population growth and decline.
• Positive growth (increase in population) is shown either above or to the right of zero on the
graph.
• Negative growth (decrease in population) is shown either below or to the left of zero and is
reflected using negative numbers.
POPULATION PYRAMIDS
POPULATION PYRAMIDS
POPULATION PYRAMIDS
http://ed.ted.com/lessons/population-pyramids-powerful-
predictors-of-the-future-kim-preshoff