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Population: calculating 

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Today 
  • Recap
  • Calculating the population growth
  • Calculating the population density 


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Learning goals 
  •  You can calculate the population growth of a country on the basis of the natural and social population growth
  • You can calculate the population density of a country  

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Natural population growth 
  • Population growth as a result of births and deaths
  • Calculate: births - deaths 




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ourworldindata.org

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Social population growth 
  • Population growth as a result of migration 
  • Calculate: immigrants - emigrants 


Push and pull factors 

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Calculating the annual population growth 

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Calculating the annual population growth 
305,377 - 159,052 = 146, 325
474,155 - 287,790 = 186,365
23,968,00 + 146,325 + 186,365 = 24,300,690 

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Population density
  • Bevolkingsdichtheid 
  • The number of inhabitants divided by the surface area of a country, measured per square kilometre

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Calculating the population density 
Calculate the population density of country X using the following data: 

  • surface area = 200,000 km2
  • number of people is 500,000



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Calculating the population density 
Calculate the population density of country X using the following data: 
  • surface area = 200,000 km2
  • number of people is 500,000

500,000 divided by 200,000 = 2.5 inhabitants/km2


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Working for yourself
  • Worksheet 'calculating the population growth and population density'
  • You can use your textbook 

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