Population Distribution

APHG Unit 2

Population distribution is the pattern of human settlement – the spread of people across the earth.

• Population Density is a measure of the average population per square mile or kilometer of an area – how crowded a place is
• Ecumene is a term used by geographers to mean inhabited land

Why people live in places

Natural Resources

• People originally settled places because they needed the stuff there to live
• London: Rivers
• Qairo: River
• Abu Dhabi: Oil
• Timbuktu: Gold

Jobs

• Where there is opportunity to make money
• NYC
• London
• LA
• Riyadh

Trade routes

• Trade is cool
• Singapore
• Mumbai
• Dubai
• Kuwait

Geopolitical

• People live in Alaska because we need to make sure Russia knows we are there

Maps

Each one of these areas has about 1 billion people

Population Density map

Denses locations

• East Asia
  • Chayna
• South Asia
  • Bangladesh
• Europe
  • Netherlands
• SE Asia
  • Singapowa