Population A i. define different concepts of population;

Topic 7 of 9 in the JAMB Geography syllabus.

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Section: HUMAN GEOGRAPHY Candidates should be able to:

What this topic covers

  • i. World population with particular ii. identify the characteristics of
  • ii. Characteristics – birth and death rates, iv. identify the factors and problems of
  • iii. Factors and patterns of population v. relate the types of migration to their
  • iv. Factors and problems of population vi. account for the ways population constitute
  • v. Types, causes and effects of migration
  • i. Types and patterns: rural and urban, rural settlements;
  • ii. Rural settlement: classification, factors of urban settlements;
  • iii. Urban settlement – classification, v. identify the problems of urban centres;
  • iv. Factor of settlement location and urban settlements.
  • v. Problems of urban centres
  • vi. Interrelationship between rural and
  • i. Types of economic activities: primary, ii. differentiate between the types of
  • ii. Agriculture: types, system, factors and iii. assess the importance and problems of
  • iii. Manufacturing industries, types, iv. compare the types of manufacturing
  • iv. Transportation and Communication types, of manufacturing industries;
  • v. World trade: -factors and pattern of viii. differentiate between the modes of
  • vi. Tourism: definition, importance, transportation;
  • xi. relate the factors to the pattern of world
  • xii. classify the major commodities of trade
  • xiii. analyse tourism as an economic activity;
  • xiv. identify the problems of tourism and
  • i. Location, position, size, political division divisions of Nigeria;
  • ii. Boundaries and neighbours Nigeria;
  • iii. Physical setting: geology, relief, iii. identify the ethnic groups and their
  • iv. Population: size, distribution, migration, their effects on human activities;
  • v. Natural resources: types (minerals, soils, distribution;
  • vii. identify the types of natural resources
  • viii. indicate the uses and conservation of natural
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Source: official JAMB UTME Geography syllabus (IBASS, jamb.gov.ng). Reproduced for study use. Last checked: 17 Sept 2026.

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