Change in Population

UNIT 8: HOW ARE POPULATIONS CHANGING?

 To explain the world population
distribution
To investigate how the world’s

Lesson population change.

To describe how countries
attempt to control population

Objectives:
change
To state and describe the types of
migration
To explain urbanization
To report how cities evolve
Population
T H E N U M B E R O F P EO P L E
L I V I N G I N A PA R T I C U L A R
PLACE IS KNOWN AS THE
P O P U L AT I O N .
Population Image A shows the estimated world
population at the time this lesson was
growth written (15 December 2017).

7,588,152,731
Investigate how the
world’s population
change?
SEE GRAPH B PAGE 142-143 (PROGRESS
IN GEOGRAPHY)
 The changes in population

Very little growth from Gradual growth until A period of increase Rapid increase begins Since then population
10,000 BC until 2,000 1,000 BC and decrease 1700, reaching 1 explosion, most rapid
BC billion in 1800 growth
The changes in population
Graph B shows that for much of world’s history the world’s population growth was very gradual,
but in 1800 it reached 1 billion and since then growth has become very rapid. This has been
called a population explosion.
https://www.gapminder.org/answers/how-did-the-world-population-change/
 As the world has developed, people live longer, and more babies
are born.

Population This rapid increase in population places a great strain on the

planet and its natural resources.
explosion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkxrYnaqVb4&ab_channel=
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Why measure population growth?
In order to develop and improve the quality of life of the people in a country, its government
needs to understand the size and composition of the population and the rate at which it is
changing.
As a result, every ten years many countries conduct census for its population.