GEOG 1HB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Population Geography, 1, Doubling Time
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Lecture 9 introduction to global population distribution and change. Where do they live, work? i. e what is the spatial distribution of population. (people reside, or work, where are people ingaged in agricultureal activity, or service work, manufacturing, or residential patterns. What are their conditions of health and well-being: what the status of well being, are they healthy, life expectancy, rates of heart attacks are higher in some areas than others. What is the current (approx. ) global population: 7. 34 billion (oct 2016) from 7/7. 5 billion. What was the global population (approx. ) in 1998: this is the average year that this class was born, 5. 98 billion (july,1998, 1. 4 billion increase people in your lifetime : global population going up 210,000 per day. Basically add a new hamilton every 2. 5 days. What is the world"s largest (by population) country: china =1. 37 billion. India = 1. 27 billion: us=0. 32 billion ( 324 million)