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The World Population Distribution, Density and Growth

CBSE · Class 12 · Geography

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Key Topics to Revise

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Population Distribution Patterns

  • Population distribution refers to how people are spaced over Earth's surface
  • 90% of world population lives in only 10% of land area - highly uneven distribution
  • 10 most populous countries contribute 60% of world's population
2

Factors Influencing Population Distribution

  • GEOGRAPHICAL FACTORS: Water availability (most important), landforms (plains preferred), climate (moderate preferred), soils (fertile soils attract more people)
  • ECONOMIC FACTORS: Mineral deposits attract industries, urbanization offers better opportunities, industrialization creates employment
  • SOCIAL AND CULTURAL FACTORS: Religious significance, political stability, government incentives
3

Population Growth and Components

  • Population growth = change in number of inhabitants over specific time period
  • Can be positive or negative, expressed in absolute numbers or percentage
  • THREE COMPONENTS: Births, Deaths, Migration
4

Demographic Transition Theory

  • Theory explains population changes from high births/deaths to low births/deaths
  • Society progresses from rural-agrarian-illiterate to urban-industrial-literate
  • THREE STAGES of demographic transition:

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The way people are spaced overThe ratio between the numberThree main categoriesThree components determine population changeMovement of people from place

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