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What is population?
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The word 'population' refers to the total number of people living in a particular area at a given point of time.
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When is a country thought to have an optimum population?
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We say that a country has an optimum population if its available resources can provide at least the basic necessities, such as food, water and shelter, for all its people.
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Name two overpopulated and two underpopulated countries.
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Two overpopulated countries are Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Two underpopulated countries are Canada and Australia.
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What is meant by the density of population?
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Density of population is the number of people per unit area of land. It is usually expressed as the number of persons in every square kilometre of land.
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Name one densely populated and one sparsely populated continent.
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One densely populated continent is Asia and one sparsely populated continent is Australia.
