From QED

Caption

World Population Distribution
(These two thumbnails were derived from images which are no longer available at their original online locations.  See below for similar maps.)

Summary

The two maps together show the contemporary distribution of world population. Each red dot represents 100,000 people.

The map also delineates twelve geographic "realms" as defined by H. J. de Blij and Peter O. Muller, The World Today: Concepts and Regions in Geography, Wiley:

1. Europe
2. Russia
3. North America
4. Middle America
5. South America
6. North Africa/Southwest Asia
7. Sub-Saharan Africa
8. South Asia
9. East Asia
10. Southeast Asia
11. Austral Realm
12. Pacific Realm

An "African Transition Zone" to the north of the boundary between the Sub-Saharan and North Africa/Southwest Asia realms is also mapped.

World Geographic Realms and their Constituent Regions

Source

The original source appears to be:

• H. J. de Blij and Peter O. Muller, The World Today: Concepts and Regions in Geography, Wiley.

The Shasta College website was produced for Dan Scollon, Geography and Geographic Information Systems Instructor, Shasta College.[1].

Copyright

Website: ©2005-2007 Shasta College, CA. See Shasta College Website

Series

This image is one in the series:

• Image:World Climates after Köppen-Geiger - 21st Century
• Image:World Precipitation Map, 21st Century
• Image:Cartogram of the world's national populations, 2002
• Image:World Population Distribution Map, 21st Century
• Image:World Economics Map, 21st Century

This map is one of several global population density maps in the collection:

• Map showing density of population in various regions of the world, 1901.jpg
• Population density map 1994.djvu

See also:

• Gridded Population of the World, 2000 (Earth Institute at Columbia University)

See also

• 3D Globe — Interactive Globe showing multiple "World Views":
  • Political
  • Plate Tectonics
  • Drained Oceans
  • Climate
  • Vegetation
  • World Realms with area and demographic data
  • Population Density

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• Category Query form

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