UNIT 9 POPULATION AND ECONOMY
POPULATION
Population: number of people who live in an area. There are two types of population:

• urban population: people who live in towns and cities (city: more than 10.000 inhabitants).

• rural population: people who live in villages. (village: less than 10.000 inhabitants).

Inhabitant: person who lives or occupies a place.

Census: official counting of a country´s population.

Population density: number of inhabitants in a place compared with the size of the place.

Watch this video about population density it´s very interesting and talks about the same concepts we study in class.

Warning!: she speaks very quickly so use the pause bottom to understand.

MIGRATION

Migration is the movement of people from one place (village, city, country) to another.

• Emigration: when you leave your village, city or country to live in another one.
• Inmigration: when someone come to our village, city or country to live in.

This is a world map showing the global net migration pattern. It gives us an idea of the countries that receive more inmigrants. For more information click on the picture.

And here, two maps about migration flow in the world. Maybe they are a bit difficult but be patient and try to understand the arrows.