Population and Settlement

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      Today in class, we started the Population and Settlement powerpoint and talked about topics such as  the world's population, birth rate, death rate, etc. We got through two slides today, since class was shortened, and we got an idea on what this new unit will basically be about. Even though we didn't get through the definitions of these terms yet, these are some vocabulary words that Mr. Schick had us write down in our notebook: life expectancy, birth rate, death rate, Rate of Natural Increase (RNI), infant mortality rate, immigrant, emigrant, Net Migration Rate, Total Fertility Rate, push forces, and pull forces. These are notes that I wrote down for today:

  • there are over 7.6 billion people on the planet right now 
  • population is increasing by over 73 million per year
  • by approx. 200,000 per day
  • 8377 per hour 
  • 149 per minute
  • 2.5 per second
  • 90% of this population growth takes place in the developing countries of Africa, South and East Asia, and Latin America

    We then took a look at the World Population Clock. It shows the U.S. population and world population, and how they are constantly increasing. This was pretty mind-blowing because these numbers are so high and it makes you realize how many people are actually being born right now and how many are dying. On the website, it says that one average, there is one birth every 8 seconds and one death every 11 seconds. It also shows the most populous countries (on July 1, 2019). The United States ranked third on this list with 331,883,986 people. Also, it shows the U.S. population growth by region and the U.S. population by age and sex. Overall, this website was very cool and eye-opening!

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