Factors Affecting the Growth of Population

Factors affecting the growth of population can be classified broadly into physical and human factors

Physical Factors

(i)            Climate: areas with favourable climate like U.S.A, China etc do attract population whle areas of unfavourable or harsh climate like desert and Polar Regions d not attract population

(ii)           Availability of water: areas where water is available, both human and agricultural purposes like U.S.A, India etc attracts he population

(iii)         Relief: lowlands and river valleys like Nile delta, India etc and lowland plateaux attracts population while high mountains and rugged hills like rockies, andes etc repel population

(iv)         Soil: fertile soil tends to attracts population like Ganges of India, Java etc. While infertile soil like those in desert and Polar Regions do not

(v)          Presence of mineral resources: the presence of mineral resources like coal, iron, petroleum etc does not attract population

Human Factors

(i)            Agriculture: areas where agriculture is widely practised like India, China and Java do not attract population

(ii)           Religion belief: The Islamic religion believes in polygamy and early marriages, and these promote high population concentration in an area where it is practised

(iii)          Industry: concentration of industries attract people because of job opportunity

(iv)         Immigration: the movement of people from one parts of the world to an area due to the availability of employment opportunities in these areas usually leads to high population concentration

(v)          Transportation network: the presence of good transportation network in an area promotes arid facilities migration to increase the population

Pattern of World Population Distribution

Pattern of world population distribution is distributed into three…

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