GEOG 1HA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Population Geography, 1, Division Of Labour
6 Feb 2017
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What is the current global population: 7. 48 billion. What is the most populous country: china 1. 4 billion. What other countries are in the top 5 (most populous): china, india, usa, indonesia, and brazil. What is canada"s (cid:272)urrent population: 36 million. Where does canada rank in terms of population: 38th. Current population: annual increase 85 million people every year, china and india. Some questions: where do 7+ bullion people live? (what is where?, what factors underlie this distribution? (why there?, what are the implications and consequences of this distribution? (why care?) China, japan, and canada face aging population. Demography the study of population: greek: demos (people, populous), graphe (to write about) Population geography the study of the spatial components of demography. Of concern to population geographers: growth (or decline) of population over time, spatial differential growth/decline of population. E. g. fertility rates in alberta drop: the causes and consequences of population change.
