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Populations and Natural
Resources
Types of population
• Population: How many people live in an area
• Density: How many people live in square
kilometer
• Urban population: How many people live in
cities
• Rural population: How many people live in the
countryside
Population of Cities in Chile
900,000
800,000
700,000
600,000
500,000
400,000
300,000
200,000
100,000
0
Valparaiso
Concepción
La Serena
Antofagasta
Temuco
Rancagua
Talca
Arica
Chillán
Population Density
• Here is 100 square meters:
In a LOW density area:
In a HIGH density area:
Population
Area
Density
(km²) (persons/km²).
Rank
Country
1
Ecuador
15.007.343
283.561
53
2
Colombia
44.725.543
1.138.914
40
3
Venezuela
27.635.743
912.050
30
4
Brazil
203.429.773
8.547.403
24
5
Peru
29.248.943
1.285.216
23
6
Chile
16.888.760
756.626
2
7
Uruguay
3.308.535
175.016
19
8
Paraguay
6.459.058
406.752
16
9
Argentina
41.769.726
2.780.400
15
10
Bolivia
10.118.683
1.098.581
9
11
Guyana
744.768
214.969
4
12
French Guiana
274.652
90.000
3
13
Suriname
491.989
163.265
3
14
Falkland Islands
3.140
12.173
Less than 1
URBAN POPULATION
URBAN POPULATION
Natural Resources
• Natural resources: a material that comes from the
earth and has value.
Example: oil, diamonds, wood, copper, fish
Economic Activity: what a country does or makes to
make money.
***The economic activity of a country uses its natural
resources***
• Example: A natural resource of Chile is
COPPER. Copper is found in mines in Chile.
• Example: A natural resource of Chile is FISH.
Chile sells fish to other countries to make
money.
• Fruit is a natural resource of Chile. You can
buy Chilean fruit in the United States.
• Cotton is a natural resource of the United
States. The United States uses cotton to make
clothing.
• Examples of natural resources:
Food (fruit, fish, chocolate, coffee, tobacco)
Minerals (diamonds, copper, iron, gold)
• Natural resources cause TRADE, WAR, CONQUEST
• The European explorers came to find GOLD
• Africa is so poor now because people from other
continents came and took all of the minerals
(diamonds and gold)
• Saudi Arabia and the Middle East are RICH
because they have OIL
-countries go to war to get OIL