1. EUROPEAN HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
Population and culture

2. World population by continent
Asia
3,737,000,000
Africa
823,000,000
Europe
729,000,000
North America
486,000,000
South America
351,000,000
Oceania (incl. Australia)  
31,000,000
Antarctica
no permanent population

4. Europe’s Population
Europe is one of the most densely populated areas in the world.
Europe is highly urbanized → it has many large cities that serve as centres of culture and trade.
Characteristics of Europeans:
long life expectancy
low infant mortality rate
low population growth

5. Long Life Expectancy Men on average live 75-78 years
Women on average live years

7. Low infant mortality rate
Defined as the number of infants per year who do not survive more than twelve months
The infant mortality rate is less than ten per 1000

8. European population growth in history
From the 18th century, Europe’s population greatly increases.
Reasons:
medical advances and improved hygienic conditions
introduction of new foods, especially the potato
Industrial Revolution

9. Low population growth today
Now, the European population is growing at a slow rate.
Some countries have negative growth.

10. Where people live Favourable climates Plains Fertile soil
Mineral resources
Inland waterways
Most densely populated areas:
United Kingdom to France into the Czech Republic and Poland
Southeastern France to Northern Italy

12. Most populated countries in Europe
The six European countries with the highest number of inhabitants are:
Russia
Germany
France
United Kingdom
Italy
Spain

13. Culture
Europe has many different ethnic groups, languages, religions and customs.
Most people in Europe are Christians: Catholics are the largest Christian group, followed by Orthodox and Protestant Christians.
Most languages in Europe belong to the Indo-European family. This family is divided into a number of branches.

14. Major Religious Groups in Europe

15. Indo-European languages
Most languages in Europe, the Middle-East, and India appear to descend from a common ancestral language.
The term Indo-European is essentially geographical, because these languages are spoken from Western Europe to Northeast India.
The most important languages in the Indo- European family are Romance, German and Slavic languages.

16. Languages in Europe

17. Standard of living Europeans are healthy, wealthy and wise:
high life expectancy
high income per person
high literacy rate

18. High literacy rate
Over 95% of Europeans know how to read and write

19. From emigration to immigration
1800’s and early 1900’s: many Europeans emigrated to the Americas or to Australia for economic opportunities.
Now people are immigrating into Europe! Immigration increased from 1980.
There is also internal migration: people from Eastern Europe move to the richer countries in Western Europe