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Human Geography: Population Notes:

1. Why do we study population?The statistical study of population is known as ___________________.Demography helps us to

Understand ___________________ ___________________ plan for things such as ___________________ and ___________________ Make business decisions2. Demography: Vocabulary

___________________: A way for governments to gather information about the population of a country. Usually done every 5 to 10 years___________________ ___________________: A wealthy country with well-developed infrastructure. People living here have a high standard of living.

ie. Canada, USA___________________ ___________________: A poor country with weak infrastructure. People living here have a low standard of living.

ie. Haiti, Afghanistan, India, Pakistan3. Carrying Capacity

There are there are more than ___________________ human beings on earth. Reached October 12 1999.  Every second ________ people are _______________ and _______ people ______________, a net gain of three people.

4. World Population GrowthOur world population has ___________________ dramatically in recent decadesIn 1800 we reached a population of 1 billion!By 1920, we had grown to 2 billion! (___________________ in ___________________ years)Today, there are approximately ___________________ people on earth! (___________________ in ___________________ years)

5. Population Distribution

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1 ___________________ 1,350,847,6242 ___________________ 1,276,267,0003 ___________________ 321,605,0124 ___________________ 255,461,7005 ___________________209,715,847

Canada 35,160,000 (10 times smaller than USA)

6. Ecological FootprintEstimate of how much productive ___________________ and ___________________ you need to support what you use and what you discard. In other words, it’s a measure of how ___________________ ___________________ you take up on the planet.

7. Calculating Population ChangeIn order to understand how a population is changing, we must be aware of three things:How many ___________________ are __________________

___________________/Fertility

How many ___________________ ___________________ Death rate/Mortality

How many people ___________________ or ___________________ of an area

Immigration and emigration

8. Crude Birth RateThe result of this calculation is expressed as the number of ___________________ in 1 ___________________ for every ___________________ people living in the area.Canada’s birth rate is approximately ___________________ per 1,000.Other countries have birth rates as high as 50 per 1,000!

9. Crude Death RateThe result of this calculation is expressed as the number of ___________________ in 1 ___________________ for every ___________________ people living in the area.Canada’s death rate is approximately ___________________ per 1,000.Other countries have death rates as high as 30 per 1,000!

10. Rate of Natural Increase

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This is calculated by ___________________ the death rate from the birth rate.The result of this calculation is expressed as the ___________________ of ___________________ in one ___________________.Canada’s rate of natural increase is births (11/1,000) minus deaths (8/1,000). The result (3/1,000) when expressed as a ___________________, is 0.3%Our population grows naturally by 0.3% every year.

11. Doubling TimeSince Canada’s growth rate is 0.3%, the calculation for us would look like this: 70 divided by 0.3 = 233Result: Canada’s population should double in approximately ___________________.This is a reallllly long time…

12. MigrationCountries like Canada depend on migration to grow.___________________ Rate: number of people ___________________ ____________ an area___________________Rate: number of people ___________________an area___________________ ___________________Rate : The ___________________ between the Immigration rate and the emigration rate.