Of the larger countries 1 , Bangladesh is the most densely-populated with 1, people per square kilometer; this is almost three times as dense as its neighbour, India. Greenland is the least dense, with less than 0. In our population cartogram these are the countries that take up much less space than on a standard geographical map. Click to open interactive version. Low land which is flat e.
Ganges Valley in India. High land that is mountainous e. Areas rich in resources e. Western Europe. Areas with few resources tend to be sparsely populated e. The Sahel. Areas with temperate climates tend to be densely populated as there is enough rain and heat to grow crops e. Areas with extreme climates of hot and cold tend to be sparsely populated e. Countries with stable governments tend to have a high population density e.
Where now the population is at least 6 billion. But the population is not spread over the world evenly. Some places there is a very high density and other places have a very low density.
This is because of work, climate, resources and many other reasons. So in this essay I am going to explain what the causes of population density are and what we can do about it. When birth rates are higher than death rates the population of an area will increase. Over the past years in many places in the world there have been improvements in health care and hygiene.
That has made a drop in the death rate. But the birth rates in poor undeveloped countries are low therefore in rich developed countries births rates are increasing. So the number of people in the world has and is growing rapidly. Population density is a measurement of the number of people in an area. Population density is usually shown as the number of people per square kilometre.
This map below shows population density. The darker the colour the greater the population density. The map above shows that world population is unevenly spread.
This list is not inclusive—the way society structures its living spaces affects many other fields of study as well. Scientists have even studied how happiness correlates with population density. A substantial area of study, however, focuses on demographics of populations as they relate to density. Areas of demographic breakdown and study include, but are not limited to:. Cultural characteristics are often defined as food, language, art, clothing, religion and holidays.
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