Columbia University
Nasa: Sedac: Population Distribution and Change
[Free Registration/Login Required] A collection of forty-nine data sets from SEDAC (Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center) that examine the distribution of human populations around the world and the changes that have taken place in...
Population Connection
Population Connection
Population Connection, a grassroots organization concerned about overpopulation and its affect on the quality of life, provides a wealth of materials about human population. Resources include world population fact sheets, factoids,...
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Real Time World Population Counter
This takes you directly to a world population counter, an excellent Learning Tool Java applet based on U.S. census bureau data that estimates the world's current population. Also allows users to enter their birthdate and shows the...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: The World Population: Logistic Model
Students will collect world population data from the Internet, find a logistic model for the data, and use their model to predict future populations.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Math Today World Population in 2050
The data in the USA TODAY Snapshot "World Population in 2050" is in a relative frequency form. students can use the percents to calculate the population for each of the continents shown and then display this data as a bar graph.
US Census Bureau
Population Pyramids
Visual representations of population distribution by age and sex for any country.
Other
Population for Countries and Cities Around the World
Site calculates and approximates populations for numerous major cities around the world, and also has information about world countries as well.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Population
MathWorld offers a number of related meanings for population in the realm of statistics.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: The World Population: Logistic Model With Ti Interactive!
In this activity, the logistic model for the growth of the world's population will be developed.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: The World Population: Linear and Exponential Models
The population of the world has grown rapidly over the last century. In this activity, several models for the growth of the world's population will be developed. The validity of each in predicting past, current, and future populations...
Population Connection
Population Connection: World Population History
Explore the peopling of our planet from multiple perspectives- historical, environmental, social, and political.
PBS
Nova: Global Trends Quiz
How is the human population changing? This quiz covers population trends in the developed world, and the developing world. Explore the impact human population growth is having on the environment.
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Population Connection
Population Connection: Population and Environment[pdf]
A paper from the Population Connection that outlines the consequences to the environment if humans continue on the path of overpopulation.
Christian Science Monitor
Christian Science Monitor: Population Decline in Sight
This Christian Science Monitor article notes the projections of a UN Conference of March 2001, predicting that fertility rates worldwide are decreasing, and population decline is in sight.
Population Connection
United Nations Population Fund
This resource attempts to assist developing countries manage their population problems.
Other
Population Education: Homepage
Population Education provides teacher training and a variety of teacher tools to help educators on population concepts such as population growth, overpopulation, our effect on the environment, and related resources.
Other
Population Action International
Organization dedicated to "advancing policies and programs that slow population growth in order to enhance the quality of life for all people." The site includes country by country data on population, natural resources and data...
Other
Population Reference Bureau: The World at 7 Billion
This interactive map offers statistical data on population, birth and deaths, life expectancy, HIV/AIDS, family planning, and poverty across the world in 2011. The information is also available as a table for all topics. A fascinating...
Read Works
Read Works: China Today: China's Population
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the population grown in China. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
US Census Bureau
U.s. Census Bureau: Population Clocks
This U.S. Census Bureau Web site has two population clocks with notes available. One clock shows the population increase for the United States. The other shows the world population increase.
PBS
Nova: Earth in Peril
A series of nine maps with accompanying explanations. They show how population growth has affected the environment around the world in terms of water availability, climate change, land and forest use, and more. There are both interactive...
BBC
Bbc: Report Reveals Global Slum Crisis
Outlines the problems of the urban populations in Subsaharan African countries. Examines why the people move into these communities and why they get stuck there. (16 June 2006)
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Global Gis Lesson: Exploring North American Earthquakes
In this series of lessons, young scholars use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) together with the tools and data from the North America Global GIS CD to investigate earthquakes, volcanoes, and population from a local to global scale....