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Migration
Migration refers to people who move from one country to another.
Migration influences the population of a place.
Emigrants are people who leave one place to live in another country.
Immigrants are people who come to live in a new country.
Migration rate is the difference between both.
Population density is the relation between the people who live in a place and the size of that area.
Population density tells us if a place has a large population or a small population. Its the
inhabitants per square Kilometre.
Population density= number of people
surface area
If lots of people live in a small area it is densely populated.
If the same number of people live in a large area it is sparsely populated.
In Spain, the population is denser along the coastline and in the islands.
In each province the population is denser in the cities: Madrid (3 million) Barcelona (1,5 m)
Today, 80 out of 100 Spaniards live in cities
Most of the provinces of Castile and Leon, Castile-La Mancha, Extremadura and Aragon are
sparsely populated (30 inhabitants/Km).
The most densely populated inland provinces are Zaragoza, Valladolid, Rioja, Navarra and Madrid.
Characteristics of the population
Europe is highly populated continent with more than 700 million inhabitants.
Immigration in Europe
Increase in population
Multiculturalism
Population distribution in Europe