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

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?