Les 1 - Intro 2.1

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Planning

• Population density
• Population distribution
• Population growth
• Time for homework

Learning objectives 2.1

• You know where densely populated and sparsely populated regions are located in the world.
• You can calculate the population density of a country.
• You know how a population can grow

Key words §2.1

Population distribution (Bevolkingsspreiding): The way in which people are distributed over an area

Population density (Bevolkingsdichtheid): The number of people in an area divided by the number of square kilometers

Life expectancy (levensverwachting): the average number of years that citizens of a country will live

How many billion people are on earth?

5

5,5

6

6,5

7

7,5

8

8,5

9

10

Population density

Population density (Bevolkingsdichtheid): The number of people in an area divided by the number of square kilometers

So the Population density of the Netherlands is:

Number of people: 

• 17800000

Area of the Netherlands in km2: 

• 41.543 km2

17800000/41543= 428,47

PopulationDensity=​SqKilometerOfGround​​NumberOfPeople​​

Russia:
143,4 million people
17.100.000 km2

PopulationDensity=​SqKilometerOfGround​​NumberOfPeople​​

1. 400
2. 8,5
3. 14
4. 2

World:
510.100.000 km2
Do you still know the number of people?

1. 15,7
2. 50,3
3. 34,2
4. 5,4

Population distribution

Population distribution (Bevolkingsspreiding): The way in which people are distributed over an area

storymaps.arcgis.com

Storymap

Go to 'Earth at night'

Look at Europe. 

Which part seems the least populated?

Which the most?

Which area's are most populated

Which area's are least populated?

Look around the world. Are there any things you see that you did not expect when it comes to the distribution of population?

Population growth

Did you spot the mistake in the graph?

Which two factors contribute to the growth of a population?

Which geographic dimension have we been talking about?

Next Lesson

We'll discuss differences in population growth in countries

Homework

Assignment 1, 2, 4 and 6 of §2.1