KNOWLEDGE TYPE: declarative, procedural

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:to understand the concepts of birth rate, mortality rate, natural growth rate, population density, unemployment rate and the process of building an age pyramid as a resource to be used for demographic studies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:to learn that the population of La Rioja, according to the review of the 2006 register, is 306,377 inhabitants

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:to know that the surface area of the Autonomous Community of La Rioja is 5,045 kilometres squared

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:to learn that today, in La Rioja, the average number of children per woman is 1.34, a very similar figure to Spain's national figure which is 1.35

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:to learn about the existing population in the Community and its characteristics

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:to learn that today, 11.4% of the population included in the census in the Community are foreigners

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:to learn that the average density of inhabitants in La Rioja is 60.9 inhab. per km squared, below the national average

PRIOR KNOWLEDGE:prior knowledge is required of the demography of the Autonomous Community of La Rioja, of the distribution of the population in the Community and of the calculation and interpretation of various demographic resources and indicators, such as birth and mortality rates, natural growth rates, unemployment rates, age pyramids, etc