Factors influencing global population distribution
global population distributionThe spread of people across the earth's surface. is the spread of people across the world, ie where people live.
population densityThe average number of people in a certain area. is the number of people living in a particular area 鈥 usually 1 square kilometre 鈥 and can be written as total population/land area.
In 2022 the populationAll of the members of a single species that live within a geographical area. of the world reached 8 billion people, the vast majority of whom live in the developing world. The world鈥檚 population is spread unevenly across the globe with concentrations of large numbers of people living in the same area. The world as a whole has more 鈥榚mpty鈥 areas than 鈥榗rowded鈥 areas. There are several physical and human factorsA man-made thing or an aspect to do with humans, eg poor sanitation. to explain this.