POPULATION DISTRIBUTION AND URBANIZATION

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION AND URBANIZATION

Population Distribution refers to the pattern of settlement and dispersal of population within a country or other areas (Note: Population is not evenly spread or distributed around the world; some areas are densely populated while others are sparsely populated, some areas are desert while others are mountains areas).

            In Nigeria more than 60% of the populations are urban dwellers whereas the reverse is the case in Libya and other developed societies. There is urban-rural migration all over the world; only about ¹/₃ of the earth’s surface is permanently inhabited

            South Central Asia (India) and East Asia (China) are the most populated of the world’s region whereas the least populated areas is Australia, New Zealand etc. as at today, about four (4) countries have the population that exceed 200million, these countries includes India and China as stated above. 

Factors that Influences Population Distribution

1.     Geographic Factor: includes factors like climatic condition of the area and the terrain, also soil nutrients (is the soil fertile or not); there is also availability of Natural resources

2.     Economic Factors

3.     Social Factors: the nature of network of relationship, are they hospitable people, friendly people etc.

4.     Political Factors: political instability (negatively influenced population)

5.     Demographic Factors: these includes

(a)  Fertility

(b)  Mortality and

(c)   Migration

The above are the factors that make a particular area to be densely populated and some areas to be sparsely populated.