1. POPULATION What is a demographer ? What is theworld’s total populationtoday ? How manypeople can be supported on earth ? Whenwillwereachthatmanypeople ? What is a censusand how oftendoes it happen? Whatarethe main demographicconcernsfordevelopingcountries ? Whatarethe main demographicconcernsfordevelopedcountries ?

2. Demographersgatherandanalyzestatisticsabouthumanpopulations in ordertounderstandpatternsandseetrends. Theyareinterested in theactualnumber of people, how theyaredistributedspatiallyandwithincategoriessuch as age,sex, nationality, socioeconomicstatus, andeducationallevel. People are not evenlydistributedovertheearth’ssurface. Someregionsarebettersuitedtohumanhabitationbecause of climate, quality of life andaccesstoresourcesthere.