Population Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. A farming region loses residents while nearby cities grow, but the country’s total population changes little. Which process best describes this shift?
International migration
Natural decrease
Population replacement
Internal migration and urbanization
2. Which Gulf of Guinea country has Africa’s largest national population and includes the major city of Lagos?
Nigeria
Ghana
Kenya
Angola
3. A country records 900,000 births and 600,000 deaths in one year. Ignoring migration, what is its natural population change?
A decrease of 300,000
No change, because migration is unknown
An increase of 1.5 million
An increase of 300,000
4. Which country is the largest Portuguese-speaking nation and has major population centers along or near its Atlantic coast?
Portugal
Mozambique
Brazil
Angola
5. During a year, 250,000 people move into a country and 310,000 move out. What is the country’s net migration?
A gain of 560,000
A gain of 60,000
A loss of 60,000
A loss of 560,000
6. A country’s average number of births per woman stays below replacement level for many years, with no large migration gain. What long-term outcome becomes more likely?
The population automatically becomes denser
The birth rate immediately becomes zero
Population ageing and eventual decline
The working-age share rises permanently
7. Which East Asian island country is widely associated with a long-established pattern of population ageing and very low birth levels?
Indonesia
The Philippines
Malaysia
Japan
8. Country A has 12 million people across 60,000 square kilometers. Country B has 20 million people across 200,000 square kilometers. Which statement is correct?
Country B is more densely populated
Country A is more densely populated
Both have the same population density
Density cannot be compared without birth-rate data
9. Which densely populated country lies mainly on the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta and is almost surrounded by India?
Bangladesh
Sri Lanka
Nepal
Myanmar
10. Two countries have equal total populations. Country X has a much larger share of children and older adults than Country Y. What is most likely true of Country X?
It has a higher age-dependency ratio
It must receive more immigrants
It has a larger working-age share
It necessarily has a higher population density
11. Which South Asian country is centered on the Indus River system and lies immediately west of India?
Bhutan
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Afghanistan
12. Which country occupies most of a continent, with much of its population concentrated near the eastern and southeastern coasts?
Australia
Argentina
Canada
South Africa
13. A census misses many people living in temporary housing. What is the most direct consequence?
The national birth rate will appear higher by definition
Every counted district will have the same density
The population total will be undercounted
The country’s land area will be underestimated
14. Which country has most of its population concentrated along the Nile Valley and Nile Delta, despite occupying a much larger desert territory?
Sudan
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Libya
15. A population pyramid has a very broad base and becomes much narrower in older age groups. What does this pattern usually suggest?
A population shaped only by immigration
An older population with sustained very low birth levels
Equal numbers in every age group
A relatively youthful population with high recent birth levels
16. Which country is a large Southeast Asian archipelago whose population is especially concentrated on Java?
The Philippines
Indonesia
Papua New Guinea
Malaysia