Lecture 1 Population growth

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• Leerjaar 2

Population & Space

* Goal : Take on the role of a demographer 

* Individual

* Two summative checks

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• Population growth, make notes!!

 YEAR 1

Population Distribution

Population distribution

Population distribution: The pattern of where people live in an area.

Densely populated: Many people live close to each other in these places.

Sparsely populated: Few people live in these places.

Population density: The number of people per km2

Check questions

1. Explain the natural polulation growth

2. What is the difference between emigration and immigration?

3. Absolute population numbers are..

Absolute population numbers refer to the actual number of people living in a specific area

Population growth #1

Natural population growth

Number of births

Number of deaths

Natural increase: The difference between births and

deaths, given as a percentage.

Population growth #2

Immigration - emigration = migration rate

Net migration: The difference between the number of

immigrants and emigrants.

Summarized

 Population growth =

(number of births – number of deaths) + (immigration rate – emigration rate)

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