POPULATION

In the recent Human Geo lessons we have been discussing population increase and decrease in countries all around the world. I learned that many things like immigration rate, maternity rate, death rate all have something significant as part of the population of a country. For example America has the most people immigrating into it and has thus grown over three million people in the past year. We also learned how economically rich countries like Monaco and Norway have high wage rates so people get paid more therefore their population doesn't grow or fall. Another thing that can contribute to population are push and pull forces. A pull force is an aspect of the country that draws people in like jobs, homes, environmental status, government policy and more. Push forces are things that make people want to emigrate such as wars, lack of jobs or pollution. We continue to look into this topic deeper as we move on.