Part One: Talking about and Measuring Population

Talking about Population

• Population Geography vs. Demography
• How many people are there? Is the Earth Overpopulated?

Measuring and Describing Population

Population Density

• Crude or arithmetic density
• Nutritional or physiological density
• Agricultural Density

Population Growth and Change

• Population/Age-Sex Pyramids
• Crude Birth Rate (CBR)
• Total Fertility Rate (TFR)
• Crude Death Rate (CDR)
• Rate of natural increase
• Percentage growth rate
• Doubling Time