Unit 2: Population

Study of Population

• Demographics

• Geometry

• Biology

• Geography

This refers to how the population is divided up amongst the world.

• Population Density

• Death Rate

• Population Distribution

• Life Expectancy

This is people per square mile (or km). Measures how crowded it is in any given place.

• Total Fertility Rate

• Population Density

• Birth Rate

• Exponential Growth

Growing geometrically (1, 2, 4, 8, 16) instead of arithmetically (1,2,3)

• Death Rate

• Population Density

• Standard of Living

• Exponential Growth

The number of births per 1000 people in a given year.

• Total Fertility Rate

• Death Rate

• Birth Rate

• Life Expectancy

The number of deaths per 1000 people in a given year.

• Death Rate

• Birth Rate

• Life Expectancy

• Total Fertility Rate

Number of children that the average woman is having in any given country.

• Death Rate

• Birth Rate

• Standard of Living

• Total Fertility Rate

Average number of years a person is expected to live.

• Birth Rate

• Push Factor

• Migration

• Life Expectancy

Amount of people that a given area can support.

• Total fertility rate

• Carrying Capacity

• Pull Factor

• Death Rate

Quality of life in a given area. The amount of wealth and material comfort available to people.

• Standard of Living

• Push Factor

• Life Expectancy

• Migration