The Geographers

In any study of population distribution, it is necessary identify factors which determine the way in which it is distribution within an area of a country, or in a country as well as in continent in which that country lies, or in a region, or in the world considered as a whole. These factors provide the necessary explanation for particular patterns of population distribution are generally grouped into three categories: (1) Geographical factor (2) Economic and social factors; and (3) Demographic factors. The categories, however, are in no way like water-tight compartment. Geographic Factors of Population Distribution Physical conditions, such as climate (temperature and rainfall), landforms in terms of altitudes, the quality of the soil and the availability of energy and mine resources are the important geographical determinants of population distribution. Another important factor is the relationship between the location of one place and other places of importance. Climate is...

There are four areas in the world where the average density of population is more than 100 persons per sq. km. These are: 1. East Asia (China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan). 2. South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Nepal). 3. North-West Europe (UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Ireland, Denmark, Spain, Portugal and Italy). 4. Eastern North America (North-East United States and South-East Canada). All these areas of dense population lie in the northern hemisphere and are so placed that more than 75 per cent of the world’s population is now concentrated between the Tropic of Cancer and 70° north. Of these, China and the subcontinent of India have been having large populations from the earliest times. Europe is less ancient, and the United States has become densely populated only during the last two hundred years. Except in Japan, Hong Kong, Macau, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan, the population of East and S...