Population

What the syllabus asks of you

• the factors that affect population growth Birth rate, death rate, net migration, immigration and emigration.
• reasons for different rates of population How and why birth rates, death rates and net migration vary between countries. growth in different countries
• the effects of changes in the size and The concept of an optimum population. The effects of increases and decreases in population size structure of population on different countries and changes in the age and gender distribution of population. Note: interpretation of a population pyramid is required, but drawing is not.