Human Geography (Population)

1540 - 300 million people

1950 - 2.5 billion people

2012 - 7 billion people

50 years time - 12.5 billion people

Problems that occur due to rapid population increase:

• Over crowding
• Food and water shortages
• Not enough health care
• Fewer education
• Decrease in natural habitat - We destroy woods, forests and other open areas in order to build homes, schools and health care.

Population growth is found in poor countries such as - China, India and Africa

Most rich countries have stable populations - USA, France

Some countries are going into decline - Japan

Impacts of rapid population growth:

Social impacts -

• Children die before 1 years old.
• Death of both mother and child.
• No education.
• Lack of healthcare

Political impacts -

• More crime (in order to get money).
• Poverty increase.
• Unemployment.

Environmental impacts -

• Energy sources are scarce (wood and oil etc).
• Not enough natural resources (food and water).
• More people means less resources.

Economic impacts -

• Have to build so living standards don't deteriate.
• People who work…