GEOG 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Infant Mortality, Population Pyramid, Baby Boomers
29 Oct 2018
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How and why do populations vary from one place to the next. Population= the sum total of all individuals who live in the same geographical area. Population can be applied to any scale. The study of the characteristic of population. Population distribution =where on earth"s surface people live. Dot map =common way to visualize population distribution, where one dot represents a certain number of people ie. 1 dot represents 100,000 people. Population density = a measure of total population in relation to total land area. It is the number of people located in a particular territorial unit. Canada"s low population density is a function of a large expanses of land unsuitable for settlement. Two out of three people in canada live within 210 kms of the border. Megalopolis: washington dc, baltimore, philadelphia, new york city, boston. Population composition = characterics of the population eg. age sex ethnicity.
