Population Geography. Second Year of Secondary School. This unit was created in the School Year 2020-2021. It was designed in Valencia, for the IES Juan de Garay's students. Teacher: Pau Tobar.

1. POPULATION GEOGRAPHY

2. CONTENTS
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Population distribution
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Population structure and population
pyramids
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Demographic rates
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Stages of the demographic transition
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The world population explosion
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Migrations

3. PRELIMINARY MAP:
WORLD REGIONS

4. POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
ACTIVITY:
Calculate the percentage of world’s population living in each continent.

5. POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
ACTIVITY:Group the most populous countries together by continents.

6. POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
ACTIVITY: Look over the Physical map of the world (dossier of maps). Compare it with the
population density map and find the connection between natural elements and population
density.

7. POPULATION density
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Population density: Population density is a measurement of the number of
people in an area. It is an average number. Population density is calculated by
dividing the number of people by area. Population density is usually shown as
the number of people per square kilometer.
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Calculate the population density of these territories:
TERRITORY POPULATION AREA
VENETO 4.906.000 18.345 KM2
CASTILE
LEON
2.408.000 94.226 KM2
VALENCIAN
COUNTRY
4.975.000 23.255 KM2
BAVARIA 13.080.000 70.550 KM2
WESTERN
SAHARA
582.000 266.000 KM2

8. POPULATION DENSITY
FACTORS HIGH DENSITY LOW DENSITIY
RELIEF
RESOURCES
CLIMATE
POLITICAL
SOCIAL
ECONOMIC
Fill in the table with the statements that you will find below:
Low land which is flat e.g. Ganges Valley in India
Areas rich in resources (e.g. coal, oil, wood, fishing etc)
Areas with extreme climates of hot and cold tend to be sparsely populated e.g. Sahara DesertStable governments
Groups of people that prefer to be isolated e.g. Scandinavian.
Limited job opportunities High land that is mountainous e.g. Himalayas
Areas with few resources Areas with temperate climates Unstable countries
Good job opportunities Groups of people want to live close

9. POPULATION STRUCTURE
Biological structure (sex and age): More males than females in the young
population and more females than men in the eldery population.
Economic structure (activity): Active (16-65) and inactive population (young
and old dependents).

10. POPULATION PYRAMIDS

11. ANALYSING
POPULATION PYRAMIDS

12. ANALYSING
POPULATION PYRAMIDS

13. ANALYSING
POPULATION PYRAMIDS

14. TEST YOURSELF

15. DEMOGRAPHIC RATES

16. TEST YOURSELF
COUNTRY POPULATION BIRTHS DEATHS NATURAL
GROWTH
BIRTH
RATE
DEATH
RATE
A 8.800.000 106.000 106.000
B 127.500.000 1.254.000 1.003.000
C 6.700.000 190.500 33.630

17. STAGES OF THE
DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION

18. STAGES OF THE
DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION

19. TEST YOURSELF

20. TEST YOURSELF
AREA FERTILITY RATE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
PER CAPITA
WORLD 2,43 11.381,7 $
AFGANISTAN 4,5 520,9 $
GERMANY 1,6 47.603 $
DR OF THE CONGO 5,9 561,8 $
CHINA 1,7 9.770,9 $
BOLIVIA 2,7 3.548,6 $
SPAIN 1,3 30.370,9 $

21. THE WORLD POPULATION
EXPLOSION

22. DRAW YOUR OWN
CONCLUSION

23. DRAW YOUR OWN
CONCLUSION

24. DRAW YOUR OWN
CONCLUSION

25. DRAW YOUR OWN
CONCLUSION

26. DRAW YOUR OWN
CONCLUSION

27. Migrations

28. FOREIGN Migrations
IN SPAIN

29. TEST YOURSELF
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Go over the demographic rates in order to calculate the
Population Growth of Spain and Ecuador in 2016. Use
these data as you need:
DATA SPAIN ECUADOR
POPULATION 46.440.000 16.490.000
BIRTHS 408.384 266.464
DEATHS 409.099 67.506
IMMIGRANTS 417.033 39.208
EMIGRANTS 327.906 57.130

30. Migratory balance
in Spain

31. THAT S ALL FOLKS?’