What are the main factors affecting population migration?

The main factors affecting population migration are natural factors and human factors.

Both natural factors and human factors may become the thrust factors or pull factors of population migration, and population migration is the result of the comprehensive action of these factors.

1, natural factors.

The differences and changes of natural environment between regions have an important influence on population migration. Areas with beautiful natural environment, pleasant climate and rich resources are the places people yearn for to live, which has a great pulling effect on population migration. Environmental problems, natural disasters, etc. It has a great impetus to population migration.

2. Human factors.

Economic factors often play a leading role in population migration. There are differences in the level of economic development in different regions. In order to get better jobs, higher income and more promising development, people often move to areas with developed economy or more employment opportunities. For example, the hourly wage of the American labor force is about eight times that of Mexico. Such a huge income gap has prompted a large number of Mexican immigrants to flow to the United States.

Political, military, cultural and other human factors will also affect population migration. For example, in areas with frequent political turmoil and wars, large-scale population migration often occurs.

Features:

Population migration shows different characteristics in different spatial ranges and different historical periods.

International migration:

/kloc-before the 0/9th century, the general characteristics of international population migration were mainly groups and large-scale immigrants. For example, with the great geographical discovery and the opening of new sea routes, the expansion of European colonialism triggered a large number of immigrants to migrate from the old continent to the new continent, tens of millions of Europeans moved to America and Oceania, and a large number of African blacks were sold to America as slaves.

Internal population migration:

Domestic population migration always occurs frequently in various forms, which has a great influence on the population distribution of a country. Before industrialization, large-scale reclamation, serious natural disasters and wars often triggered the tide of domestic population migration. After industrialization, the migration of population from rural areas to cities and towns is the most extensive domestic migration.

In China, there have been many large-scale internal population movements in history. Since 1949, population migration in China can be roughly divided into two stages. Before the reform and opening up, the state implemented a planned economic system and a strict household registration management system. Domestic population migration is mainly carried out in a planned and organized way.