Population

Section: HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

Contents & notes: what this topic covers

Under Population, the JAMB Geography syllabus expects you to study:

• i. World population with particular
• ii. Characteristics – birth and death rates,
• iii. Factors and patterns of population
• iv. Factors and problems of population
• v. Types, causes and effects of migration
• i. Types and patterns: rural and urban,
• ii. Rural settlement: classification, factors of
• iii. Urban settlement – classification,
• iv. Factor of settlement location
• v. Problems of urban centres
• vi. Interrelationship between rural and
• i. Types of economic activities: primary,
• ii. Agriculture: types, system, factors and
• iii. Manufacturing industries, types,
• ii. identify the characteristics of
• iii. determine the factors and the patterns of
• iv. identify the factors and problems of
• v. relate the types of migration to their
• vi. account for the ways population constitute
• ii. classify the patterns and functions of
• iii. classify the patterns and functions of
• iv. identify the factors of settlement location
• v. identify the problems of urban centres;
• vi. establish the interrelationship between rural
• ii. differentiate between the types of
• iii. assess the importance and problems of
• iv. compare the types of manufacturing
• v. identify the factors of industrial location;
• iv. Transportation and Communication types,
• v. World trade: -factors and pattern of
• vi. Tourism: definition, importance,
• i. Location, position, size, political division
• ii. Boundaries and neighbours
• iii. Physical setting: geology, relief,
• iv. Population: size, distribution, migration,
• v. Natural resources: types (minerals, soils,
• vi. examine the socio-economic importance
• vii. give reasons for the problems of
• viii.
• ix.
• x.
• xi.
• xii.
• xiii.
• xiv.
• ii. identify the boundaries and neighbours of
• iii. identify the ethnic groups and their
• iv. relate the components of physical settings to
• v. account for the pattern of population
• vi. examine the types of migration, their
• vii. identify the types of natural resources
• viii. indicate the uses and conservation of natural

Study notes & guidance

Study Population using a recommended Geography textbook that follows the JAMB syllabus. Work through the contents listed above one by one, make brief notes in your own words, and then practise as many questions on this topic as you can — in Geography, understanding and steady practice matter far more than memorising. Use the objectives below as a checklist: if you can do each one confidently, you have mastered this topic.

Source: official JAMB UTME Geography syllabus (IBASS, jamb.gov.ng). Reproduced for study use. Last checked: 17 Sept 2026. Always confirm the current syllabus on the official portal.