Population Geography

& Demographics

World Geography Word Wall

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If the World were a village of 100 people…..

• 61 Chinese

• 14 African

• 11 From Europe

• 8 South American, Mexican and Caribbean

• 5 would be from the U.S. and Canada

• 1 would be from Oceana

Population Density

Our Global Village of 100 People would speak many languages

• 21 Speak Chinese• 9 Speak English• 9 Speak Hindi• 7 Speak Spanish• 4 Speak Arabic• 4 Speak Bengali• 3 Speak Portuguese• 3 Speak Russian

Arithmetic Population Density

In the this Global Village

• 83 have access to fresh potable water within their homes. The other 17 must spend a lot of their day simply acquiring safe drinking water.

• 43 people do not have live in sanitary conditions or an adequate place to dispose of their sewage.

• 32 of our villager unhealthy or polluted air.

Physiologic Population Density

How many of our 100 Villagers can go to school?

• Of the 100 villagers 36 are school aged (5-24). Only 30 of them go to school. On average there is one teacher for these 30 students.

• Of the 73 villagers above the age of 15 73 can at least read a little but 17 can not read at all. Most of these people are females

Fertility Rate

The economics of the global village is pretty interesting

• If they divided all the money in the global village equally each person would have $9,350

• Unfortunately the 10 richest people have half the money. Each making $25,00 a day

• The poorest 10 make $1.00 a day

• 75 people make $4.00

• While the average cost of living in the village is about 5,000 per year.

Infant Mortality

Power is scarce in the Global Village

• 76 have electricity

• 24 do not

• 42 have radios

• 28 televisions

• 61 telephones (40 of which are cellular)

• 15 computers

Life Expectancy

Most of the Villages are Religious

• 32 Christians• 20 are Muslims• 14 are Hindus• 9 practice shamanism, and animism• 6 are Buddhists• 2 belong to other religious• 1 is Jewish• 16 are not religious

Demographic Transition

If the food in the Village was divided equally their would be

enough for everyone but..

• 50 people do not have a reliable source of food and are hungry some or all of the time.

• 20 people are severely undernourished

• Only 30 people always have enough to eat.

Population Pyramid

The ages of are 100 villagers vary

• 9 are under 5• 9 are 5-9• 18 are between 10-19• 17 are between 20 and 29• 15 are between 30 and 39• 12 are 40-49• 9 are between 50-59• 6 are between 60-69• 4 are between 70-79• And 1 is older than the hills.

Malthus Theory