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GLOBAL POPULATION TRENDS

Population Predictions

• Each student must make a prediction on the following population features:

1. How many more people are born into the world by the end of this class?

2. How many people have died in the world by the end of this class?

3. How many more people will be infected with the HIV virus by the end of this class?

4. How many pounds (lbs) of garbage will be dumped into the sea by the end of this class?

5. How many hectares of forest will be taken out by the end of this class? 1 hectare = 2.5 acres

• Write your predictions down. We'll check back in an hour

Link: World Clock

Clip: How Did We Get So Big, So Fast?

Where do Nearly 7.5 Billion People Live?

What is this picture telling us? What message is it trying to send?

Why did the growth curve remain so low for so long? What caused the exponential growth?

Clip: Overpopulation – The Human Explosion Explained

Population Density

Density is the number of people living in a unit of area. Typically measured per square km.

For example, based on 2016 stats, Canada has…

a population of 36, 730,000. 9,984,670 km2 of land within its borders Population density of approx. 3.7 people per km2

The United States has a population density of 35 people per km2

Population Density

By Comparison: Other notable countries…

India has a population density of 368 people per km2

Shanghai as a density of 3700 people per km2

The highest in the World is Manila, Philippines at 41,515 people per km2.

Aprox. Area : Royal Bay-Red Barn-Royal Bay Bakery

The 3 Smallest in the World are:

Greenland with 0.026 people per km2

Falkland Island with 0.26 people per km2

Mongolia with 1.9 people per km2

Population densities can be misleading for large countries such as Canada, where a large portion live in a small area (in our case, along the southern boarder)

Clip: Hans Rosling: 200 Counties, 200 Years

World’s Most Populated Cities

The countries in the circle are . China: 1,349,585,838 India: 1,220,800,359 Indonesia: 251,160,124 Bangladesh: 163,654,860 Japan: 127,253,075 Philippines: 105,720,644 Vietnam: 92,477,857 Thailand: 67,448,120 Burma: 55,167,330 South Korea: 48,955,203 Nepal: 30,430,267 Malaysia: 29,628,392 North Korea: 24,720,407 Taiwan: 23,299,716 Sri Lanka: 21,675,648 Cambodia: 15,205,539 Laos: 6,695,166 Mongolia: 3,226,516 Bhutan: 725,296 … which adds up to a grand total of 3,637,830,357, or roughly 51.4 percent of the global population of 7,083,460,000 (May 2013)

Tokyo

Shanghai

Mumbai

Buenos Aires

Mumbai, India

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Cape Town, South Africa

Johannesburg, South Africa

Jakarta, Indonesia