Geography - AQA : Population :)

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  • Created by: Zeid
  • Created on: 14-02-11 19:31

Global Population Change : 

- Populations can increase and decrease over time. How a population changes depends on three things

1) Birth Rate

2) Death Rate

3) Migration

Populations will grow for example, if there is a higher birth rate than there is death rate. In some countries, migration can have a large impact on population. World Population Growth has been spectacular over the years. From 1950 there was a "Baby Boom" and therefore the overall population reached 6 Billion by 1999. The term to describe such a rapid increase is called Exponential Growth. Although there is evidence to suggest more recently the…

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