1. How is population measured?
Graphs show increase/decrease in population over time
Pyramids show distribution of population by age and sex
Factors affecting population change/predictions:
War
Disease
Natural Disasters/Drought
Famine
Level of Development
Wealth/Poverty
Education
Health Care
Cultural Attitudes

6. Population trends are measured by: Birth and death rates
Natural Increase
Fertility rates
Infant & childhood mortality
Life expectancy
How useful are these for making predictions?

7. How has global population distribution changed between 1950 and 2000?
What are the predicted changes between 2000 and 2050?

8. Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 1950
1 China 562,579,779
2 India 369,880,000
3 United States 152,271,000
4 Russia 101,936,816
5 Japan 83,805,000
6 Indonesia 82,978,392
7 Germany 68,374,572
8 Brazil 53,443,075
9 United Kingdom 50,127,000
10 Italy 47,105,000

9. Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2000 –
1 China 1,268,853,362
2 India 1,004,124,224
3 United States 282,338,631
4 Indonesia 213,829,469
5 Brazil 175,552,771
6 Russia 146,709,971
7 Pakistan 143,958,926
8 Bangladesh 130,406,594
9 Japan 126,729,223
10 Nigeria 114,306,700

10. Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2050
1 India 1,807,878,574
2 China 1,424,161,948
3 United States 420,080,587
4 Nigeria 356,523,597
5 Indonesia 313,020,847
6 Bangladesh 279,955,405
7 Pakistan 277,554,980
8 Brazil 228,426,737
9 Congo 203,039,557
10 Mexico 147,907,650