Population Geography is a study of demographic phenomena, which includes natality, growth rates etc., through both space and time. An increase or decrease in population indicates population distribution and growth. The study of movements and mobility of population is called migration. This chapter covers human races, religions, languages and the types of human settlements – rural and urban.
Human geography is the study of Man and his surroundings to the natural environment.
1. The Races
Race has been defined as a biological grouping within the human species. A race is a group of people with more or less permanent distinguishing characteristics that are inherited. The most widely found human racial types are based on visual traits such as head shape, facial features, nose shape, eye shape and colour, skin colour, stature and blood groups.
The four major world human races are Caucasoid, Negroid, Mongoloid and Australoid.