geography urbanisation

1. Topic 1:
Population Density &
Population Distribution

2. NAME THE WORLD’S 10 MOST
POPULOUS COUNTRIES!

4. World Population
But are countries that crowded?

5. Population Density is the measure of the
number per unit area. It is commonly
represented as people per square kilometre.
Population Density
= Total Population / Total Area (km2)

6. Country
2012
Population
Total Area
(km2)
Population
Density
China 1,343,239,923 9,706,961 138.4
India 1,205,073,612 3,287,590 366.6
United States 313,847,465 9,629,091 32.6
Indonesia 248,645,008 1,904,556 130.2
Brazil 193,946,886 8,547,906 22.7
Pakistan 190,291,129 803,940 237.0
Nigeria 170,123,740 923,768 184.2
Bangladesh 161,083,804 147,570 1091.6
Russia 142,517,670 17,075,200 8.3
Japan 127,368,088 377,835 337.1

7. World Population Density
But are countries really that crowded everywhere?

8. Population distribution refers to the
pattern of where people live.

9. World Population Distribution

17. Dense vs Sparse Population

18. What factors affect population distribution?
Physical Human
 Climate
 Landforms
 Topography
 Soil
 Energy
 Mineral resources
 Accessibility eg distance
from sea coast, natural
harbour, navigable rivers
or canals
 Political boundaries
 Controls on trade and
migration
 Government policies
 Types of economic
activities
 technology eg type of
farming, transportation
facilities, social
organisation, demographic
factors
Explain how each of these factors lead to
sparse and dense population density.