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What does population density measure?
What does population density measure?
- The number of buildings in a location
- The average income of the population
- The number of people in a particular unit of measure (correct)
- The area of a location
How is population density expressed?
How is population density expressed?
- As the number of households in a given area
- As the average age of the population
- As a ratio between the number of people and a particular unit of measure (correct)
- As the percentage of the total population in a given area
What does a high population density indicate?
What does a high population density indicate?
- An area with high average income
- A densely populated area (correct)
- A sparsely populated area
- An area with large landmass
Why is it important to understand population density?
Why is it important to understand population density?
Population density is expressed as a ratio between the number of people and a particular unit of measure.
Population density is expressed as a ratio between the number of people and a particular unit of measure.
A high population density indicates that the location is sparsely populated.
A high population density indicates that the location is sparsely populated.
Fertility and Mortality rates are the most calculated values in global demography.
Fertility and Mortality rates are the most calculated values in global demography.
Population density measures the total number of people in an area without any reference to the unit of measure.
Population density measures the total number of people in an area without any reference to the unit of measure.