Year 7 · Geography · The UK's landscape and people · Lesson 2
Population distribution and density
UK population (ONS mid-2025), population distribution and density, calculating density, and the physical and human reasons some areas are crowded.
18-minute video lesson
Teaching, worked examples and 20 practice questions solved step by step.
Watch free for a monthWhat your child will learn
- Define distribution and density
- Calculate population density
- Explain why some areas are densely populated
- Use physical and human factors
The method
- People.
- Area.
- Divide.
- Per km².
Key words: population, distribution, density, densely populated, sparsely populated, ONS.
Worked examples
The first three practice questions from the lesson, with every step.
Question 1
What is population distribution?
- Step 1: Spread
Answer: how people are spread across an area
Question 2
What is population density?
- Step 1: Per km²
Answer: the number of people per km²
Question 3
Write the formula for density.
- Step 1: ÷
Answer: people ÷ area