2023/2024

ACADEMC SESSION
1st TERM
SUBJECT:
NVE
Population and Census – (Civic Education)

Right attitude to work – (Civic Education)

Migration - (Social Studies)

Negative behaviour - (Civic Education

Peace and National Security - (Social Studies)

The concept of Contentment - (Civic Education)

Goal Setting

World Transportation system - (Social Studies)

National economic life - (Social Studies

TOPIC: Population And
Census
 Learning Objectives

 Meaning of population and census

 Determinants of population

 Importance of population census

 Problems of population census

 Meaning of
Population

Population is defined as the

total number of people living
within a country or a
geographical location at a
particular time.
 1. Birth rate: The birth rate of a
country refers to the rate at which
children are given birth in that country.
Determinants
Of Population
Factors Affecting Birth Rate
Growth
• Early marriage
• The desire for a large family
• Religious belief
• Improved medical services
• Improved standard of living
 2. Death rate: The death rate of a country refers to the
rate at which people die in a country.

Poor medical and health facilities

The high cost of living

Natural disasters
Factors
Man-made disasters, e.g., war
affecting
death High level of ignorance

Poverty

Poor standard of living

3. Migration: It is the movement of
people from one geographical area to
another, involving permanent or
temporar y residence or settlement
 TYPES OF MIGRATION

Immigration: This is the inflow of people

into the country from other countries

Emigration: This is the movement of

people out of a country
Population Census

Population Census may be

defined as a systematic
enumeration of all nationals
of a country at a given period
irrespective of the person’s
nature
Forms of population census

De-Facto Method: this is the De-Jure Method: This is a

method of counting people method in which persons who
who are physically present are regular residents in a
wherever they can be found particular place are counted
 Census is used to determine the size and rate of
growth of the population

Importance It enables the government to plan

of It is used to determine the per capita income of

population a country

census It provides relevant data for the distribution of a

country’s resources

It influences the magnitude of the flow of

grants, aids, and investments into a country
 Problems of conducting
a census in Nigeria

• The high cost of conducting a census

• Shortage of trained census
personnel
• Poor and inadequate infrastructure
preventing accessibility
• Prohibitive customary and religious
beliefs
• High degree of illiteracy
How does the rate of population

growth in a region impact its long-

term environmental sustainability

and resource availability