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Population Change
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- 1Birth RateThe number of live babies born in a year for every 1000 people.
- 2Death RateThe number of people who die in a year for every 1000 people.
- 3Natural IncreaseWhere the number of live births is greater than number of deaths.
- 4Natural decreaseWhere the number of deaths is greater than the number of live births.
- 5Population growth rateThe number of people added to, or lost from, the population each year. This can be as a result of natural increase and migration.
- 6Demographic transition modelA diagram which shows how a country's population changes overtime. The model goes through five stages, with the population being stable before rising sharply, then leveling off, and then slowly decreasing.
- 7Population pyramidsA graph showing the age and sex of a population.
- 8Sustainable developmentMeeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
- 9Young dependentsThe population aged under 15 and dependent on adults to care for them.
- 10Working populationThose aged between 15 and 64 who are eligible to work. This group is also called economically active.
- 11Elderly dependentsThe population aged over 65 who may be (or become) dependent on others for care.
- 12Dependency ratioThe dependency ratio is a measure of number of people and those dependent on them.
Children(under 15)+ Elderly (65 and over) *100
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working population - 13MigrationMovement of people from one place to another.
- 14MigrantA person who moves from one place to another in order to find work or better living conditions.
- 15Source countryThe country that a migrant comes from.
- 16Host countryThe country that a migrant goes to, such as the UK.
- 17Economic migrantsA person who travels from one country or area to another in order to improve their standard of living.
- 18Push factorsA factor that can force people to leave their own country because of not enough jobs, low wages etc.
- 19Pull factorA factor that can attract people to a new country because of better lifestyle, better wages etc.
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