Asia's Population

Asia's Population

By Jennifer Fleming

Asia is the most populous continent. It has about 4.3 billion people!

Explore a population density map t​o find out more.

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​Asia's population.

​Some parts of Asia are crowded and some are almost empty.

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Open Ended

What does population density mean?

Multiple Choice

Around half of Asia is only lightly populated.

True or False?

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Most people live in the northern half of Asia.

True or False?

• True

• False

Open Ended

Most people live in the northern half of Asia.

Re-write the statement correctly.

Multiple Choice

Overall, Russia is more densely populated than China.

True or False?

• True

• False

Open Ended

Overall, Russia is more densely populated than China.

Re-write the statement correctly.

Multiple Choice

Overall the Asian part of Russia is more densely populated than the northern part.

True or False?

• True

• False

Open Ended

Overall the Asian part of Russia is more densely populated than the northern part.

Re-write the statement correctly.

Multiple Choice

Many of India's big cities (with at least 1 million people) lie in a strip along its northern border.

True or False?

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Most of China's cities are in central China.

True or False?

• True

• False

Open Ended

Most of China's cities are in central China.

Re-write this statement correctly.

Open Ended

Look at areas W and X on the map (p.115)

Are there fewer people around W or X? Can you suggest a reason why?

Multiple Choice

What is the population density at Y?

• 1-10 per square km

• 10-100per square km

• Over 100 per square km

• under 1 per square km

Open Ended

What is the population density at Z. Suggest a reason.

Replace this with your body text.

​Happy teaching!

Now match each place with a country

Multiple Choice

Where is place W?

• Myanmar

• Russia

• Mongolia

• China

Multiple Choice

Where is place X?

• Myanmar

• Russia

• Mongolia

• China

Multiple Choice

Where is place Y?

• Myanmar

• Russia

• Mongolia

• China

Multiple Choice

Where is place Z?

• Myanmar

• Russia

• Mongolia

• China

It shows the 10 most populous Asian countries, and the UK for comparison. (Russia isn't listed because most of its people live in Europe.​

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Asia's Population.

​Look at the bar graph on the right

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Multiple Choice

Which two countries have the most people by far?

• India and Pakistan

• Thailand and China

• Japan and Bangladesh

• China and India

Multiple Choice

Which has the bigger population?

• China

• India

Fill in the Blanks

About how big is the population of China? Write your answer in millions.

Fill in the Blanks

About how big is the population of China? Write your answer in billions.

Multiple Choice

Look at the bar graph. How many more people are there in China than in the UK?

• About 52 times more

• about 21 times more

Multiple Choice

Look at the bar graph. How many more people are there in India than in Pakistan?

• About 7 times more

• about 17 times more

Open Ended

Photo B shows Singapore, one of Asia's smallest countries. It is very wealthy. It is heavily built up. It has an area of about 700 square kilometres (about 6 times the size of Manchester). It has a population of about 5,400,000.

a) Work out the population density of Singapore. Give your answer as a whole number, and give the correct units.

b) What problems might this population density cause?

Open Ended

Think again about China's population.

a) In what ways might such a big population be a problem?

b) In what ways might it benefit China?