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Year 8 · Geography · Population and cities · Lesson 1

Population growth and structure

Population geography: world population growth, population density and distribution, birth and death rates, natural increase and population pyramids.

Whiteboard video lesson: Population growth and structure

19-minute video lesson

Teaching, worked examples and 20 practice questions solved step by step.

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What your child will learn

  • Describe world population growth
  • Calculate population density
  • Explain population distribution
  • Calculate natural increase
  • Interpret population pyramids

The method

  1. Describe the pattern.
  2. Use numbers.
  3. Note exceptions.
  4. Explain with reasons.

Key words: population density, distribution, birth rate, death rate, natural increase, life expectancy, population pyramid.

Worked examples

The first three practice questions from the lesson, with every step.

Question 1

Roughly what is the world's population today?

  1. Step 1: Passed a milestone in 2022

Answer: Over 8 billion

Question 2

Roughly what is the UK's population?

  1. Step 1: Tens of millions

Answer: About 68 million

Question 3

Population density = ?

  1. Step 1: A division

Answer: Number of people ÷ area