PG. 99 HOW MUCH DO YOU REMEMBER?

8 CULTER REGIONS IN THE WORLD.

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birth rate and the crude death rate; i.e., annual numbers of births or of deaths per 1,000 population, based on the midyear population estimate. The difference between these two rates is the rate of natural increase (or decrease, if deaths exceed births). Rates of natural increase are a net result of fertility trends, health conditions, and variations in the age composition

Around 1650, however, the growth in world population began to increase. Over the next two hundred years, the world’s popula- tion doubled (from five hundred million to one billion). Eighty years later, the population doubled again.

Egypt’s physiological density is more than six thousand people per square mile. Unlike Egypt, France has 33.53 percent arable land, and its physiological density is less than one thousand. This statistic also indicates that the lower the physiological density, the easier it is for each nation to feed itself. Humanists are worried about the increasing size of cities, the loss of wilderness, and the decline in rural societies. But the Bible has a different perspective on urbanization and population density. God meant for the earth to be subdued. He provided Israel with walled cities in the Promised Land, and He made provisions to ensure that the land would not return to its wild state (Deut. 7:22). The ultimate destination of His people is not a wilderness but the New Jerusalem, a massive city that will cover some two thousand square miles and be filled with people. The following chapters examine urban areas,

ENTRIES IN THIS LIST COMPRISE THOSE IN THE ISO STANDARD 3166-1, WHICH INCLUDES SOVEREIGN STATES AND DEPENDENT TERRITORIES. LARGELY UNRECOGNISED STATES ARE INCLUDED IN THE LIST IN RANKED ORDER, BUT ARE NOT ACTUALLY GIVEN A RANK NUMBER. NOT INCLUDED IN THE LIST ARE INDIVIDUAL COUNTRY CLAIMS TO PARTS OF THE CONTINENT OF ANTARCTICA, AND ENTITIES SUCH AS THE EUROPEAN UNION[NOTE 1] (4,324,782 KM2 OR 1,669,808 SQ MI TOTAL AREA) THAT HAVE SOME DEGREE OF SOVEREIGNTY BUT DO NOT CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE SOVEREIGN COUNTRIES OR DEPENDENT TERRITORIES. STATES WITH LIMITED RECOGNITION THAT ARE NOT LISTED IN THE ISO STANDARD ISO 3166-1 ARE NOT INCLUDED, BUT ARE NOTED WITHIN THE COUNTRIES THEY ARE RECOGNISED AS PART OF WITH AREAS GIVEN. THIS LIST INCLUDES THREE MEASUREMENTS OF AREA: