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PRESENTATION.
THE PROBLEM
Rapid increase in world human
population poses environmental
degradation and abuse, deterioration
of human living standards, and
escalation of poverty.
DEFINITION OF RELATED
TERMS
Population
o Came from the Latin word “populus” meaning people.
o Group of organisms of one particular species.
o Have interbreed and live in the same place at the same
time.
Overpopulation
o A condition in which the number of people per square
unit of land area or density enlarges to a limit.
o Population that is too large and too poor to be
adequately supplied by scarce resources .
DEFINITION OF RELATED TERMS
Sustainable Development
o The condition at which the needs of many are being
met without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs.
o Using, conserving and enhancing the community’s
resources so that ecological processes are maintained
and the total quality of life can be increased.
Optimum Population
o The level of population beyond which the average
product in an economy fails.
o The maximum number of people that can be
supported with the existing resources.
CRITICAL ANALYSIS: FACTS AND
FIGURES
Source: Lambert Dolphin. “World Population Since Creation”. Idolphin.org. July 31, 2007. July 10, 2008. <http://www.ldolphin.org/popul.html
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CRITICAL ANALYSIS: FACTS AND
FIGURES
The Size of Countries Based on Their Population
Source: “Size of Countries Based on Population”. GeoHIve. 2000-2008. July 10, 2008. <http://www.xist.org/earth/gen_popsize.aspx >
CRITICAL ANALYSIS: FACTS AND
FIGURES
rank country area sq.km.
population
2007-07-01 est. 2008-07-01 est.
1. China 9,596,960 1,321,851,888 1,330,044,605
2. India 3,287,590 1,129,866,154 1,147,995,898
3. United States of America 9,826,630 301,139,947 303,824,646
4. Indonesia 1,919,440 234,693,997 237,512,355
5. Brazil 8,511,965 190,010,647 191,908,598
6. Pakistan 803,940 164,741,924 167,762,040
7. Bangladesh 144,000 150,448,339 153,546,901
8. Russia 17,075,200 141,377,752 140,702,094
9. Nigeria 923,768 135,031,164 138,283,240
10. Japan 377,835 127,433,494 127,288,419
11. Mexico 1,972,550 108,700,891 109,955,400
12. Philippines 300,000 91,077,287 92,681,453
13. Vietnam 329,560 85,262,356 86,116,559
14. Germany 357,021 82,400,996 82,369,548
15. Egypt 1,001,450 80,335,036 81,713,517
16. Ethiopia 1,127,127 76,511,887 78,254,090
17. Turkey 780,580 71,158,647 71,892,807
18. Congo, Dem. Rep. of the 2,345,410 65,751,512 66,514,506
19. Iran 1,648,000 65,397,521 65,875,223
20. Thailand 514,000 65,068,149 65,493,298
CRITICAL ANALYSIS: FACTS AND
FIGURES
510,072,00 World Land Area
0 In square
kilometers.
6,681,237, World
894 Population
As of July 10, 2008 at
11:50:00 PM.
~13 World
Population
Number of people per
Density
square kilometer
~45 World
Population
Number of people per
Density
square kilometer
CRITICAL ANALYSIS: FACTS AND
FIGURES
Factors Affecting Population Density
A. Physical Factors
1. Relief (the shape and height of the land)
• HIGH DENSITY: Low land (e.g. Ganges Valley in
India)
• LOW DENSITY: High land and/or mountainous (e.g.
The Himalayas)
2. Resources
• HIGH DENSITY: Areas rich in resources (e.g. coal,
oil, and wood on Western Europe)
• LOW DENSITY: Areas with few resources (e.g. The
Sahel)
CRITICAL ANALYSIS: FACTS AND
FIGURES
Factors Affecting Population Density
1. Climate
• HIGH DENSITY: Temperate Areas since there is
enough rain and heat to grow crops, etc. (e.g.
Philippines)
• LOW DENSITY: Areas with extreme climates (e.g.
The Sahara Desert)
B. Human Factors
1. Political
• HIGH DENSITY: Stable governments (e.g.
Singapore)
• LOW DENSITY: Unstable gorvernments (e.g.
Afghanistan)
CRITICAL ANALYSIS: FACTS AND
FIGURES
Factors Affecting Population Density
1. Social
• HIGH DENSITY: Groups of people want to live close
to each other for security purposes (e.g. USA)
• LOW DENSITY: Groups of people tend to be isolated
from the many (e.g. Scandinavians)
2. Economic
• HIGH DENSITY: Good job opportunities particularly
in large cities of developing countries around the
world.
• LOW DENSITY: Limited job opportunities (e.g. The
Amazon Rainforest)
CRITICAL ANALYSIS: FACTS AND
FIGURES
Birth rate and death rate are the two major
reasons for population changes.
No. of childbirths
for year X
Crude Birth Rate = X 1000
Current Population