1. What am I? I am constantly being added to and taken away from
Factors such as war, disease, natural disasters can effect me
My amount is different in each country
I can be ‘over’ or ‘under’ …….
I am made up of people

2. Population Introduction
Form 4 Geography

3. Introduction to Population quiz…
A remote island has a population of 1000 people – 500 males of different ages and 500 females of different ages. In general terms, there are only two ways that the island´s population can change. What are they?
State three reasons why the worlds poorest people tend to have the largest number of children.

4. 3. State three reasons why people in the world´s richest countries tend to have the lowest numbers of children.
4. You are the newly-elected President of a poor African country with high birth rates. State three problems that your country and people might face with these high birth rates.
5. State three things you might do to start to reduce the high rate of births in the country.

5. 6. State three reasons that help explain why increases in life expectancy have been occurring worldwide since the 1950s.
7. You are the Prime Minister of the UK, a country with an ageing population. State three disadvantages for the country of having an ageing population.

6. 8. Give a definition of the terms overpopulation and under-population and give an example of a country that you think fits each description.
9. Give one reason that might explain why a country, region or city might have a significantly larger number of people of one gender than would normally be found