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The World Population Distribution, Density and Growth

Madhya Pradesh Board · Class 12 · Geography

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Topics in The World Population Distribution, Density and Growth

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Population Distribution and Density

  • Population distribution means the way people are spread over the earth’s surface.
  • The world population is unevenly distributed.
  • 90% of the world population lives in about 10% of its land area.
2

Factors Influencing Population Distribution

  • Geographical factors influence where people settle and how densely an area is populated.
  • Availability of water is the most important factor because water is needed for drinking, bathing, cooking, cattle, crops, industries, and navigation.
  • River valleys are among the most densely populated areas because of water availability.
3

Population Growth and Its Measures

  • Population growth means the change in population in a particular area between two points of time.
  • Population change may be positive or negative.
  • Growth of population is the actual change in the number of people in a region between two points of time.
4

Migration

  • Migration is the movement of people from one place to another.
  • The place people move from is called the Place of Origin.
  • The place people move to is called the Place of Destination.

Key Concepts

Central concept: Population geography studies how people are distributed, how densely they live, and how population changes over time through births, deaths, and migration.

Population distributionPopulation densityFactors influencing distributionGeographical factorsEconomic factorsSocial and cultural factorsPopulation growthComponents of population change

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