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Population Distribution

Population Distribution. What Does Population Distribution Mean?. Population Distribution is the how people are spread out over an area. In geography, we look at Population distribution to study how and where people live in Canada Look at Geography Now, p88.

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Population Distribution

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  1. Population Distribution

  2. What Does Population Distribution Mean? • Population Distribution is the how people are spread out over an area. • In geography, we look at Population distribution to study how and where people live in Canada • Look at Geography Now, p88

  3. Factors that Affect Population Distribution 1) Natural Resources • Things that can be used and/or sold for money from nature • Examples include forests, mines and water 2) History • What does this area look like? How long has it been here? Is it safe?

  4. Factors that Affect Population Distribution 3) Landforms • The way the earth is shaped that makes it good or bad for people to live there • Ex. Mountains, hills, lakes, etc. 4) Soils • Is the land good for farming? Can I grow crops here?

  5. Factors that Affect Population Distribution 4) Economic Activities • What kind of industry or business is here? Can I get a job? • Does the area have the services that I need (stores, doctors, etc.) 5) Transportation • How easy is it to get to this area? • Can I get from place to place easily?

  6. Population Density • POPULATION DENSITY is how many people there are in an area. • We look at this by looking at how many people there are for every square kilometer (an area of 1kmX1km) • Population Density changes very much from country to country • There is a big difference in population density between one province in Canada and another

  7. Percentage Change • PERCENTAGE CHANGE is the amount that a population has changed in a period of time • Look at p54 of your worksheets • We can calculate how much the population has changed so we can see how our country is changing

  8. Percentage Change • Calculating Percentage Change is quite simple. Here is how we do it: Year One Pop. – Year Two Pop. X 100 Year One Pop Let’s find the change from 1991 to 2005 in Ontario.

  9. Percentage Change (pop 1991- pop 2005) = Change 10 428 000 – 12 541 000 = 2 113 000 2 113 000 ÷ 10 428 000 x 100 = 20.3%

  10. Calculating Population Density • Population Density is calucluated as people per square km. Pop density= population ÷ area For Newfoundland… 516 000 ÷ 405 000 = 1.3 people/km2

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