Human Settlement -Urban Population

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Suicides/100,000 people

100% Urban 50% 14%

Source: UN Statistics Division http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/socind/default.htm

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Happiness Index1 - 10

100% Urban 50% 14%

Current distribution & rate of change

   

Population distribution (%) 2011

 

Annual rate of population change (%) 2010-

2015

Country or area Urban Rural Urban RuralAustralia 1 89 11 1.2 -0.6

Population Distribution % Population Rate of Change

<--average for 2005 – 2010

Urban Rural TOTAL Urban Rural NET

Current 67 33 100 0.002 -0.009 -0.007

Japan

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Causes of Russia’s population decrease

• high death rate• low birth rate• high rate of abortions• low level of immigration

http://geography.about.com/od/obtainpopulationdata/a/russiapop.htm

Size = Urban Population SizeBrightness = % Urban Population

Australia

If Australia had same urban rate of change as Burkina Faso...

Australia’s projected urban population in 5 years...

+234960

+1174800

Size

Percentage

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