1. The Changing Population
Years 1 to 6
What does ‘population’ mean?

2. The Changing Population
Our school population:
How many children are there in my class?
How many children are there in my school?
How many classes are there in each year group?
How many boys are there in my class?
How many boys are there in my school?
How many girls are there in my class?
How many girls are there in my school?
How many teachers are there in my school?

3. The Changing Population
The population of our local area:
What is the overall population in my local area?
How many household languages are there in my local area?
How many women are there in my local area?
How many men are there in my local area?
How many people aged 0 to 4 years are there in my local area?

4. The Changing Population
Years 5 & 6
Over a hundred years ago there were not as many people in the country as there are today.
In 1901, there were just over 2 million people in Wales and just over 30 million people in England.
One century later, in 2001 there were nearly 3 million people in Wales and more than 48 million people in England.
Let’s look at the next table!

5. The Changing Population
Let’s look at how the population has grown in over a hundred years!
Year
Wales
England
Total
1901
2,033,287
30,436,051
32,469,338
2011
3,063,456
53,012,456
56,075,912
Which is the greatest number?
And which is the smallest number?
Were there more people in 1901 or in 2011?
Wales

6. The Changing Population
Let’s look at this table showing the population growth.
Year
Wales
England
Total
1901
2,033,287
30,436,051
32,469,338
1911
2,442,041
33,570,142
36,012,183
1921
2,656,474
37,275,526
39,932,000
1931
2,593,332
37,394,668
39,988,000
1951
2,598,675
43,763,031
46,361,706
1961
2,644,023
43,551,977
46,196,000
1971
2,740,000
46,412,000
49,152,000
1981
2,814,000
46,820,000
49,634,000
1991
2,873,000
48,226,000
51,099,000
2001
2,910,200
49,138,831
52,049,031
2011
3,063,456
53,012,456
56,075,912

7. The Changing Population
Here’s the population of Wales and England. The population data is jumbled and in the wrong years. Let’s sort it into the correct order within the table – and talk about the reasons for our choices!
Year
1901
1921
1951
1981
2001
2011
Wales
3,063,456
2,033,287
2,910,200
2,656,474
2,598,675
2,814,000
England
37,275,526
43 763,031
30,436,051
49,138,831
53,012,456
46,820,000
What do we predict might change in the future?

8. The Changing Population
Nursery & Reception
The Changing Population
What does population mean?
It means how many people there are in one place.

9. The Changing Population
What was different about people’s lives in the past?
This home is from census year 1901.
What was different for the lives of the children living then?

10. The Changing Population
How did people travel in the past, for example during census year 1901?
Here’s a street from the 1900s.

11. The Changing Population
How did people travel in the past, for example during census year 1951?
Here’s a tram crossing the River Taff.

12. The Changing Population
Here’s a street in Aberystwyth today!
What do we think is different?
What has changed?

13. The Changing Population
In census year 1971 less than half the population had telephones. Can you imagine that?!
This is what telephones looked like!

14. The Changing Population
Not too long ago, many houses only had outside toilets.
In fact, the last time the census asked households if they had an outside toilet was in Yes, really!

15. The Changing Population
1 of these people = 1 million people:
How many people do we need to show the population of Wales in 1901 (which was about 2 million)?
Wales

16. The Changing Population
1 of these people = 1 million people:
How many people do we need to show the population of England in 1901 (which was about 30 million)?
England