Population

Question 1

Is the world’s surface unevenly populated?

Answer 1

Yes

Question 2

What % of the earth’s population occupy 10% of the living space.

Answer 2

80%

Question 3

What are four most populated regions of the world?

Answer 3

• Western and Central Europe
• Eastern USA and South-Eastern Canada.
• Indian sub-continent, including Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
• East and South-east Asia, China, Korea, Japan, Malaysia, the Philippines

Question 4

What are the least populated regions of the world?

Answer 4

• Cold tundra, Northern Canada, Greenland, Siberia and Antarctica
• Mountainous lands- Rockies USA + Canada, Himalayas
• Plateau lands of Tibet, Central Asia
• Hot desert regions- Australia, Sahara and the Arabian peninsula, Iran and Pakistan.
• Equatorial rainforests of Congo basin in Africa, the Amazon in South America. Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venzuela

Question 5

What is population density?

Answer 5

Refers to the average number of people per square kilometre in a country or region

Question 6

How is population density calculated?

Answer 6

By dividing the population of a country or region by its land area.

Question 7

What is the population density of Ireland?

Answer 7

58 per square kilometre

Question 8

What is the population density of Java, Indonesia?

Answer 8

5,000 per square kilometre

Question 9

What is population distribution?

Answer 9

Describes where people are located in a country

Question 10

What is physiologic density?

Answer 10

Refers to the ratio of people in a country per unit of area of agriculturally productive land.

Question 11

In 1950, what % of the population lived in urban areas?

Answer 11

29%

Question 12

In 2000, what % of population lived in towns and cities?

Answer 12

50%

Question 13

In 1960, how many cities had populations over 10 million people?

Answer 13

2

Question 14

What is the population of a mega-city?

Answer 14

Greater than 10 million

Question 15

How many mega-cities were there in 2015?

Answer 15

36

Question 16

Where do all mega-cities lie within?

Answer 16

500 km of the coast