In Geography the word 'population' means the people living in a given area. Population is all the inhabitants of a particular place. A census is carried out to find out about a country's population. Population growth increased significantly as the Industrial Revolution gathered pace from 1700 onwards. The last 50 years have seen a yet more rapid increase. A mass migration can change the population of a country. Human population control is the practice of curtailing population increase, usually by reducing the birth rate. Surviving records from Ancient Greece document the first known examples... Show more In Geography the word 'population' means the people living in a given area. Population is all the inhabitants of a particular place. A census is carried out to find out about a country's population. Population growth increased significantly as the Industrial Revolution gathered pace from 1700 onwards. The last 50 years have seen a yet more rapid increase. A mass migration can change the population of a country. Human population control is the practice of curtailing population increase, usually by reducing the birth rate. Surviving records from Ancient Greece document the first known examples of population control. In a discussion about population, you may hear the word 'immigrants'. An important example of mandated population control is People's Republic of China's one-child policy, in which having more than one child is made extremely unattractive. Show less
In Geography the word 'population' means the people living in a given area. Population is all the inhabitants of a particular place. A census is carried out to find out about a country's population. Population growth increased significantly as the Industrial Revolution gathered pace from 1700 onwards. The last 50 years have seen a yet more rapid increase. A mass migration can change the population of a country. Human population control is the practice of curtailing population increase, usually by reducing the birth rate. Surviving records from Ancient Greece document the first known examples of population control. In a discussion about population, you may hear the word 'immigrants'. An important example of mandated population control is People's Republic of China's one-child policy, in which having more than one child is made extremely unattractive.
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