2025 - M/J - 8291/11 | Q3

(a) Table 3.1 shows information about three cities in China in 2022.

Table 3.1

	city
	Shanghai	Tianjin	Beijing
population /million people	28.517	13.866	21.893
area of city /\( \text{km}^2 \)	6340	11946	16410
population density /people \( \text{km}^{-2} \)		1161	1334

(i) Calculate the population density of Shanghai in 2022.

Give your answer as a whole number.

(unit: people \( \text{km}^{-2} \)):

(ii) Suggest three factors that explain the difference in population density between Beijing and Tianjin.

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(b) Fig. 3.1 shows the annual percentage population change against median age for ten countries.

The median age has the same number of people above and below that age.

(i) Use Fig. 3.1 to determine the:

• median age for China
• annual percentage population change for Australia.

(ii) Describe the relationship between the annual percentage population change and the median age for the countries shown in Fig. 3.1.

(c) State three factors that affect population change.

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(d) Japan has an ageing population.

State three impacts of ageing populations.

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