Factors Affecting Population


 
 
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Factors Affecting Population

Factors Affecting Distribution Of Population

Geographical Factors

  • Topography: people always prefer to live on plains rather than mountains and plateaus because these areas are suitable for farming, manufacturing and service activities.
  • Climate: people usually avoid extreme climates that are very hot or very cold like Sahara desert, Polar Regions of Russia, Canada and Antarctica.
  • Soil: fertile soils provide suitable land for agriculture. Fertile plains such as Ganga and Brahmaputra in India.
  • Water: people prefer to live in the areas where fresh water is easily available. The river valleys of the world are densely populated while deserts have spare population.
  • Minerals: areas with mineral deposits are more populated
  • Social, cultural factors
  • Social: areas of better housing, education and health facilities are more densely populated.
  • Cultural: places with religion or cultural significance attract people.
  • Economic factors:

    Economic factors include availability of minerals, locations of industries, development means of transport and communication and government policies.

  •        Minerals: mineral deposits play a dominant role in population distribution. The presence of coal and iron ore in different parts of the world has attracted huge population in these areas because these are key minerals required for iron and steel industry.
  •   .    Industries: development of industries in any region has a very favorable impact on employment opportunities. An industrial laborer earns a higher wage than an agricultural labour.
  •   .    Developed means of transport: people have settled down in distant places due to the development of efficient system of transport network.
  •        Government policies: political unrest in a region or discriminatory policies of a government against a group of people has made millions of refugees.
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    Question : 1

    At the beginnining of the Christian era, population of the world was about _______ .

    Right Option : D
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    Question : 2

    Which of the following is/are factors affecting the distribution of population ?

    Right Option : C
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