Flashcards
Population Change Definitions
Cards in this deck (8)
- 1Birth RateThe number of live births per 1,000 population in a given year
- 2Death RateThe number of people dying per 1,000 population per year
- 3Fertility RateThe number of live births per 1,000 women of the reproductive age, usually 15-44 years, in a given year
- 4Life expectancyThe average number of years a person is expected to live based on a national average per age group and other factors
- 5Infant Mortality RateThe average number of children per 1000 born who die in the first year of life.
- 6MalthusTheory: population grows exponentially but food production grows arithmetically
(population growth could experience famine, war and disease) - 7Replacement levelThe amount of children needed per couple to maintain a population size
- 8Rate of natural increaseThe no. of people in a year by which the population increases or decreases - per 1000 population
Information
- Description
- Geography (Population) Flashcards on Population Change Definitions, created by maddiemurchie23 on 18/04/2013.
- Created by
- maddiemurchie23 · Apr 2013
- Updated
- Jun 11, 2016
- Views
- 113
- Tags
- Rating