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Bangladesh Pop: 170,000,000 United States Pop. Density: 30/km2 United Kingdom Area: 300,000 km2 Vietnam Pop. Density: 330/km2 Ethiopia Area: 1,000,000 km2 Indonesia Area: 2,000,000 km2 Mexico Area: 2,000,000 km2 Brazil Pop.: 200,000,000 km2 Nigeria Area: 1,000,000 km2 India Pop.: 1,400,000,000 Australia Area: 8,000,000 km2

1) Use the information on the map to complete the table. Population Density Bangladesh Pop: 170,000,000 United States Pop. Density: 30/km2 United Kingdom Area: 300,000 km2 Vietnam Pop. Density: 330/km2 Ethiopia Area: 1,000,000 km2 Indonesia Area: 2,000,000 km2 Mexico Area: 2,000,000 km2 Brazil Pop.: 200,000,000 km2 Nigeria Area: 1,000,000 km2 India Pop.: 1,400,000,000 Australia Area: 8,000,000 km2 Country Population (millions) Area (million km2) Density (pop./km2) Australia 25 Bangladesh 0.2 Brazil 9 Ethiopia 110 India 3 Indonesia 270 Mexico 130 Nigeria 200 UK 70 USA 10 Vietnam 330 a) Which country has the highest population density? 400 b) How many times more people per km does it have than the country with the lowest population density? 300 c) Plot each country (except India) on the scatter graph. Population (millions) 200 d) The world average population density is 60/km2. Plot this as a line on the graph. 100 e) What does it mean if the country is below or above the average line? 2 4 6 8 10 Area (million km2)

1) Use the information on the map to complete the table. Population Density Bangladesh Pop: 170,000,000 United States Pop. Density: 30/km2 United Kingdom Area: 300,000 km2 Vietnam Pop. Density: 330/km2 Ethiopia Area: 1,000,000 km2 Indonesia Area: 2,000,000 km2 Mexico Area: 2,000,000 km2 Brazil Pop.: 200,000,000 km2 Nigeria Area: 1,000,000 km2 India Pop.: 1,400,000,000 Australia Area: 8,000,000 km2 Country Population (millions) Area (million km2) Density (pop./km2) Australia 25 8 3 Bangladesh 170 0.2 850 Brazil 200 9 22 Ethiopia 110 1 India 1400 467 Indonesia 270 2 135 Mexico 130 65 Nigeria UK 70 0.3 233 USA 300 10 30 Vietnam 99 330 Bangladesh a) Which country has the highest population density? 400 × 283 b) How many times more people per km does it have than the country with the lowest population density? 300 c) Plot each country (except India) on the scatter graph. Population (millions) 200 d) The world average population density is 60/km2. Plot this as a line on the graph. 100 e) What does it mean if the country is below or above the average line? Above / Below average 2 4 6 8 10 Area (million km2)

1) Use the information on the map to complete the table. Population Density Bangladesh Pop: 170,000,000 United States Pop. Density: 30/km2 United Kingdom Area: 300,000 km2 Vietnam Pop. Density: 330/km2 Ethiopia Area: 1,000,000 km2 Indonesia Area: 2,000,000 km2 Mexico Area: 2,000,000 km2 Brazil Pop.: 200,000,000 km2 Nigeria Area: 1,000,000 km2 India Pop.: 1,400,000,000 Australia Area: 8,000,000 km2 Country Population (millions) Area (million km2) Density (pop./km2) Australia 25 Bangladesh 0.2 Brazil 9 Ethiopia 110 India 3 Indonesia 270 Mexico 130 Nigeria 200 UK 70 USA 10 Vietnam 330 a) Which country has the highest population density? 400 b) How many times more people per km does it have than the country with the lowest population density? 300 c) Plot each country (except India) on the scatter graph. Population (millions) 200 d) The world average population density is 60/km2. Plot this as a line on the graph. 100 e) What does it mean if the country is below or above the average line? 2 4 6 8 10 Area (million km2)

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