Transcript population - bethwallace

POPULATION
LET’S TALK ABOUT PEOPLE:
NUMBERS
PLACES
INTERACTIONS
WHAT IS POPULATION?
POPULATION refers to
the number of people
living in a specific place or
area.
POPULATION can also
refer to the number of
animals or plant species in
a designated place or area
CENSUS
Where do we get information about
different populations from?
The CENSUS. The census is a set of
questions that are mailed to people’s
homes. People can choose to answer the
questions on paper and mail them back to
the government or they can complete the
questions online.
Census information is collected every 5
years. The last census happened in
Canada in 2011.
CENSUS
Some information from the 2006
census:
Population 31,612,897
Median age 39.5
Total visible minority population
5,068,090
Total private dwellings 13,576,855
Median earnings in 2005 (fullyear, full-time earners) $41,401
Total number of farms 229,373
THE MANY WORDS ASSOCIATED
WITH POPULATION?
There are many different terms and words
geographers use when talking about
populations - especially when we are
talking about people.
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
POPULATION
DISTRIBUTION refers
to where people live
in a place.
Old
Quebec
City
DO PEOPLE LIVE HERE?
DO PEOPLE LIVE HERE?
CANADA’S POPULATION
DISTRIBUTION
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
URBAN
URBAN is
another
word for
city.
New York City
RURAL is
another
word for
country
(meaning,
outside the
city).
RURAL
DEVELOPED OR
INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES
The term developed or
industrialized is used to talk about
countries with good economies.
DEVELOPED OR
INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES
These countries have tertiary and
quaternary sectors of industry.
- Tertiary Sector includes:
restaurants, hotels, hospitals,
business services, waste disposal,
etc.
- Quaternary Sector includes:
information generation, information
sharing, education, research and
development, consultation, ect.
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
A developing country is a country
that has a low standard of living, an
undeveloped industrial base, few
opportunities for its people and low
incomes per person, but is in a phase
of economic development.
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Developing countries’ economies
are often based mostly on primary
and secondary sectors of industry.
- Primary Sector includes: mining,
farming, fishing, forestry, etc.
- Secondary Sector involves
manufacturing (making things to
sell to people, like steel and cars)
ECONOMIES RATED
Advanced economies
Emerging and developing economies
Emerging and developing economies – least developed
WORLD INCOMES
"High income countries" are
defined by the World Bank as
countries with a Gross National
Income per capita of $11,116
or more.
Despite their high per capita GDP,
countries in the Middle East are generally
not considered developed countries
because their economies depend mostly
on oil production and export
WORLD INCOMES
High income
Upper-middle income
Lower-middle income
Low income