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Population

  • More people are alive at this time—nearly 7 billion

  • The world’s population increased at a faster rate during the second half of the twentieth century 

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS POPULATION BEING DISTRIBUTED

  • Two-thirds of the world’s inhabitants are clustered in four regions—East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Europe.

POPULATION ; WHERE ITS CLUSTERED AND WHERE IT IS SPARSE

Places that are clustered are 

  • East asia -- China, Japan, South Korea 1/4 of the worlds populatin 

  • South Asia -- India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh; 1/5 of World's pop. 3/4 of this in India

  • Europe -- Westeren, Eastern and Russia, 1/8 of the worlds population 

  • South East Asia -- Indian and Pacific ocean, Indonesia 

Places where population is spares

  • Greenland

  • Western Sahara 

  • Austrila 

  • Iceland

  • Saudi Arabia

  • Canada 

  • China 

  • Java

Arithmetic Density

  • The population density measured as the number of people per unit area of land

Physiological Density

  • The total population of an  area of arable land. 

The Ganges Plain, in eastern and northern India, is considered one of the most populated areas in the world. The most populated city is Mumbai, with over 18 million people. New Delhi is the second most populated city, with 13 million people. The least populated areas are the Himalayas. People do not live in the Himalyas because the climate is really cold.

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