Population Key terms

Population Key terms

1. Birth rate

   • The average number of live births per 1000 people per year

2. Death rate

   • The average number of deaths in a year per 1000 people

3. Fertility rate

   • The average number of children women have in their lifetime (between 16-44)

4. Growth rate/natural increase

   • The difference between the birth and death rates
     • BR-DR/10

5. Infant mortality

   • The proportion of children dying at birth or before their first birthday

6. Life expectancy

   • The average number of years a person can expect to live

7. Forced migration

   • Moving against your will for reasons beyond your control, e.g. Syria

8. Voluntary migration

   • Making a personal choice to move away from where you live to somewhere new, e.g company relocation

9. Temporary migration

   • Moving to a new place for a period of time but with the intention of returning home afterwards, e.g polish man for work for a year

10. Permanent migration

    • Moving to a new place permanently with no intention of returning home, e.g British person moving to Spain and not coming back

11. Pull factors

    • Attractive points for an area that make people want to move there

12. Push factors

    • Negative points about the area someone already lives that can force them to leave

13. Emigrant

    • Someone leaving to live somewhere else

14. Immigrant

    • Someone arriving in a country to live there from another country

15. Economic migrant

    • Those who move for work

16. Illegal immigrant

    • People who enter a country without letting the proper authorities know

17. Asylum seeker

    • Someone from another country at risk who wants to live in another country to feel safe

18. Refugee

    • Someone without a home looking for a place of safety