The document discusses how people are distributed globally and trends in population growth. It notes that developing countries tend to have higher birth rates due to factors like poverty, while developed countries have lower birth rates. Currently, 80% of the world's population lives in less developed nations. It also discusses increasing urbanization worldwide, with the percentage of people living in cities rising from less than one third globally in 1960 to 54% in 2014, projected to reach 66% by 2050.
The document discusses how people are distributed globally and trends in population growth. It notes that developing countries tend to have higher birth rates due to factors like poverty, while developed countries have lower birth rates. Currently, 80% of the world's population lives in less developed nations. It also discusses increasing urbanization worldwide, with the percentage of people living in cities rising from less than one third globally in 1960 to 54% in 2014, projected to reach 66% by 2050.
The document discusses how people are distributed globally and trends in population growth. It notes that developing countries tend to have higher birth rates due to factors like poverty, while developed countries have lower birth rates. Currently, 80% of the world's population lives in less developed nations. It also discusses increasing urbanization worldwide, with the percentage of people living in cities rising from less than one third globally in 1960 to 54% in 2014, projected to reach 66% by 2050.
In what ways people in the Earth are distributed?
Developing countries tend to have higher birth rates due
to poverty and lower access to family planning and education, while developed countries have lower birth rates. In 2015, 80 per cent of the world’s population live in less-developed nations. These faster-growing populations can add pressure to local environments.
Globally, in almost every country, humans are also
becoming more urbanised. In 1960 less than one third of the world’s population lived in cities. By 2014, that figure was 54 per cent, with a projected rise to 66 per cent by 2050.