Population Flashcards
What is the population of the earth 2024?
8.1 billion
What country has the largest population?
India
What country is the most densely populated?
Monaco
What country is the least dense?
Greenland
What city has the largest population
Tokyo
What is population distribution?
Compares which areas of the world are sparsely or densely populated
What is population density?
The number of people per km2
What does densely populated mean?
A higher number of people per km2
What does sparsely populated mean?
A fewer number of people per km2.
5 reasons for densely populated countries
Water supply, availability for jobs, temperate climate, costal location for trade and natural resources
5 reasons for sparsely populated areas
Natural disasters, poor education, unbalanced age proportion, landlocked and crime/war
Birth rate definition
The number of babies born per 1000 people per year
Death rate definition
The number of people who die per 1000 people per year
Population growth rate/ Natural increase definition
The difference between the birth rate and death rate (how quickly the population grows)
Ageing population definition
The population has an increase in the number of elder people
Youthful population definition
Hugh proportion of young people die to high birth rates and a decrease in infant mortality
Fertility rate definition
The number of live births per 1000 women of a child bearing age (15-44)
What is the name of the model that shows the stages of development in countries?
The demographic transition model
What does LIC/ HIC stand for
Low income countries / high income countries
Are birth rates higher in more or less developed countries
Higher in less developed countries and lower in more developed countries
Why are birth rates lower in developed countries
Education, family planning and contraception. Women also are choosing to pursue a career instead of being a housewife so have children later in their life. It is also expensive to raise a child, as well as paying for essentials such as electricity, petrol and technology, so women are choosing to have fewer children to give them a better quality of life.
Why are birth and death rates higher in lower income countries
Culture and that the more children they have, the more they can work and earn money and lack of family planning. The infant mortality rate is also high meaning the parents will want to replace the child with another child to reach the desired family size, influenced by culture. Women also don’t get great education so they won’t know about contraception and family planning. The death rate is higher because of a poor diet and limited access to healthcare.
What is discrete data?
Separate categories ( bar/ pie chart)
What is continuous data?
Linked data ( over time or space)
Migration definition
Moving from one place, their origin, to another, the destination, to live and/or work. It is a permanent move
Refugee definition
Someone who flees their own country because there is a threat to their life or freedom (war, persecution and natural disasters)
Asylum seeker definition
Someone who seeks safety and refuge in another country
What is a push factor
A reasons for a migrant to leave their place of origin
What to look for when analysing data
Pattern/ distribution, quantity and anomaly
What is a pull factor
A reason for a migrant to move to a destination
Name 11 pull factors
Similar language, safety, similar culture, low crime rate, more jobs, better education, better healthcare, government supporting immigration because there is an ageing population with little youth, being a richer country and family members in other countries
Name 11 push factors
War, illness, income, no family, high crime rate, natural disasters, corrupt government, lack of freedom/rights, lack of jobs, overpopulation and being a poor country
Name 6 intervening obstacles
Physical features (mountains, oceans, deserts), no accommodation, not enough food and drinks for the trip, lack of money, closed borders/permits/visas, and young children/ elderly family
What is overpopulation
When the population size exceeds the available resources (eg. food and water) in a given country or area
What is the carrying capacity
Number of people (population density) w given area can accommodate with the space and resources available
Name consequences of overpopulation
Food insecurity, malnutrition, starvation, homelessness/ growth of slums, spread of diseases(especially water-borne) / lack of healthcare, lack of education-> fewer qualified workers -> less investment -> unemployment, protests and civil war
Summarise the one child policy
In 1978, China established the one child policy which meant every family could only have one child. Rules were more strict in urban areas compared to rural. Punishments for more then one child would be having the child aborted, woman sterilised and all children after the first would go unreported so they can’t go abroad or get a job. It stopped 1st Jan 2016 because there were not enough working class people. It was partially successful as there were less homeless people and better education but it was more damaging.
How significant is less working class citizens and an ageing population on the one child policy
There would not be enough people to support the elderly population and it would affect pensions as more people are retiring and less tax is being paid. Teachers or youth related jobs could lose their job as there are less children.
How did India lower its population
India is a democratic country so it has to keep its people happy. They educated women in careers and family planning so they focused on careers resulting in less time for children
look at a map of asia
Why do more developed countries have a lower birth rate and higher life expectancy
Why do less developed countries have a high birth rate and high death rate
