La Población: 3rd Year Primary Education

• The topic is La Población (The Population), for 3rd year of primary education
• There are 4 topics covered:
• Definition of population
• Population changes
• Population of Spain
• Population of Andalucia.

What is Population?

• Population refers to the group of people that live in one place.
• Quantifying the people in a population requires using a census and a municipal register.

Classification of Population

• Population can be classified by age and sex.
• Youth are considered to be those younger than 16.
• Adults are between 17 and 64.
• Seniors are 65+.
• Sexes consist of male and female.
• The population of newborns has more males than females, but in the senior population, there are more women than men because women live longer.

Population and Work.

• An active population consists of adults who are working or looking for a job.
• An employed population consists of people who perform a job and get paid in return
• An unemployed population are people who are searching for work.
• An inactive population are those who work without receiving money; i.e. students, those who care for family, retirees and disabled who cannot work

Population Changes

• Population in a place can increase or decrease for 2 reasons which are births and mortality
• Birth rate is the number of people born in a place in a determined time frame.
  • A higher birth rate means the population grows.
• Mortality is the number of people who die in a place in a determined timeframe.
  • A higher mortality rate means the population decreases.
• Population changes when people change the residences
• Emigration and immigration are part of this change
  • Emigration - people leaving a place to live elsewhere.
  • These people are called emigrants
  • It decreases a population.
  • Immigration - people arriving in a place to live.
  • These people are called immigrants
  • It increases the population.

Population of Spain

• Spain has a population of 46.94 million.
• Has very unevenly distributed, there are zones with a lot of population, others are sparse
• Elevated aging of the population - there is low birth rate and higher amount of senior citizens
• Has elevated immigration - people coming from Africa, Asia, and Hispanic America settle here.
• Majority lives in cities, making for an urban population.
• The majority of the population lives in big cities, coastal zones, and archipelagos.
• Few people live in the submesetas and mountain zones

Population of Andalucia

• Andalucia is the most populated Autonomous Community of Spain.
• Has a population of 8,427,000.
• The interior of Andalucia and the mountain zones count as having the least amount of people.