HUMAN POPULATION

The number of people living in a defined geographic

unit at any point in time. Mabuya and Gariwa
(2011).The study and analysis of population is called
Demography.

WHY STUDY POPULATION

 Socio-economic planning
 Provision of social services
 Assessing the general demographic state of the
population
 Identifying vulnerable segments of the population
in a country
 Resource exploitation and allocation
 DEFINITION OF TERMS