Get premium membership and access revision papers with marking schemes, video lessons and live classes.

Processing. Please wait.

Meaning of population, population distribution, population density , demography and sources of population data

Answer Text:
POPULATION
- Population comes from a Latin word populs, meaning people.
- Population - Total number of people occupying a given area.
- Population distribution - The way people are spread out on the land.
- Population density - Number of persons per unit area= number of people in a given area/total area of the place=XP/km2.
- Demography - Study of statistical data on human populations.
Sources of Population Data
- Primary sources - Registration of births and deaths and censuses.
- Secondary source - Census reports, textbooks, periodicals, etc.