JAMB - Economics (2018 - No. 58)
The population density of a town made up of 50 square kilometer land area and 100 million people is________
50,000 people per square kilometer
2 million people per square kilometer
0.5 million people per square kilometer
20 million people per square kilometer
Explanation
Total population = 100,000,000
Total land area = 50 sq km
Population density=(Total population) / (Land area)
=100,000000/50
=2,000,000
=2 million persons per sq km
By calculation, the population density is 2 million people per square meter
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