Population: Canada and the World
Population Change Equation Births – deaths + immigrants – emigrants = increase or decrease in population
Population Pyramid Graph – age and sex structure of a population “cohorts” – intervals of 5 years
4 Pyramid Models 1)Early Expanding – high birth rate, high death rate, low life expectancy
2) Expanding – high birth rate, lower death rate, higher life expectancy
3) Stable – generally, the number of youth equals the number of older people
4) Contracting – larger numbers of older people than younger (greying population
An animated pyramid of Canada recensement/2006/as-sa/ /vignettes/cda06pymd.swf recensement/2006/as-sa/ /vignettes/cda06pymd.swf
China’s Population Pyramid
Animated China Pyramid od/data/anim od/data/anim /pop_ani.htm
Population Distribution
The numbers are not good... 35% of the world’s land = not good for settlement Over 50% of world’s pop. lives on only 5% of the land 90 % live on 20 % of the land 2/3rds of people live within 500 km of the ocean
Population Density
If the world had only 100 people...
Physical factors affecting population density Climate
Landscape
Resources
Soils
Vegetation
Water
accessibility
Can you think of 5 HUMAN factors affecting population density? 1)Govt. Policies 2)Disease 3)Development 4)Culture 5)Communication