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Title: Population Pyramids and Population Density Maps


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Population PyramidsandPopulation Density Maps
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Population
  • Two useful ways that geographers can graphically
    display population information include
  • Population Maps to depict population density
  • Population Pyramids to depict population
    distribution

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Population Density
  • is a measure of how many people live in a
    certain unit area
  • Take the population of a region and divide it by
    its square area
  • Ex. The population density of Texas is 79.6/mi²
  • On average, 79.6 people live in a square mile in
    Texas

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One type of population map shows one dot for
every certain number of people who live in a
place
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Another type shows population as color coded
regions
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Population Pyramids
  • A population pyramid is a bar graph, usually in
    the shape of a pyramid, used to compare different
    age groups of men and women.

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Population Pyramids
  • These graphs show how a population is distributed
    between age groups and sexes by percentages or
    numbers.

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  • Lower age groups are at the bottom
  • Men are left of center
  • Women are right of center

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  • In this pop. pyramid, the majority of the
    population is young, because there is a high
    birth rate and a high death rate

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India, year 2000 large young population, high
birth rate, high death rate
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India, year 2025 death rate decreases, the
younger population grows older
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India, year 2050 the population has bulged in
the 25-39 age groups
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China 1950-2050
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South Koreas Population Boom
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The Aging of Japan
  • Low Death Rate and Dropping Birth Rate

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Triangle
  • Developing
  • Rapid Growth

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Box
  • Developed
  • Slow Growth

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Modified box, glass or cup
  • Higly Developed
  • Negative Growth

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Population Growth Theories
  • Malthusian Theory
  • In 1798 Thomas Malthus published his theory
  • The population will continue to grow until it
    surpasses the food supply
  • People will starve reducing the population back
    to a sustainable level

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Neo-Malthusian Theory
  • The population is growing faster than Malthusian
    anticipated
  • Beyond the capacity of food and
  • Clean air
  • Living space
  • Fuel

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According to these theories, a catastrophe is
imminent to reset the population
  • Evidence
  • Starvation in Africa
  • Loss of farmland in China, South America, and
    Africa
  • Natural disasters worldwide
  • World population since 500 A.D.

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What do you think is going on in each U.S. city?
Write down your guesses in your important books.
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