Answer: Population is uneven because the physical, economic and social factors that attract people are themselves unevenly spread over the earth.
- Physical factors: people prefer plains, moderate climate, fertile soil and assured water. Such areas (Ganga plain, eastern China, western Europe) are densely populated, while deserts, high mountains, polar lands and dense equatorial forests are sparsely populated.
- Economic factors: industrial regions, mining areas, ports and cities offer jobs and attract large numbers of people (for example the Great Lakes region, Mumbai).
- Social and political factors: transport, education, health facilities, security and government policy also draw people to some places and not to others.
- About 90% of the world’s population lives on about 10% of the land area. Hence the distribution of population is uneven.
