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Flashcards by Sheena Mitti, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Sheena Mitti
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| Question | Answer |
| Birth rate | The number of babies born each year per 1000 people |
| Death rate | The number of people who die each year per 1000 people |
| Demographic transition model | A simplified version of how population has changed because of changing birth and death rates over time in many countries |
| Dependency ratio | The measure of the number of working people, compared with the number of people dependent upon them |
| Dependent population | The population below 15 and above 64 that does not work |
| Economically active population | The working middle group of a population (those aged 15-64). |
| Economic migrant | A person who moves for a better job and higher wages |
| Emigrant | A person who moves away from an area |
| Environmental refugee | A person who moves away from an area |
| Fertility rate | The average number of children born per woman |
| Immigrant | A person who moves into an area from another area |
| Infant mortality | The number of babies who die in the first year of life per 1000 live births |
| Internal migration | A movement of population within a country |
| International migration | A movement of people from one country to another |
| Involuntary migrant | A person who feels forced to leave his or her country because of persecution, or the likelihood of harm if he or she stays |
| LEDC | A less economically developed country |
| Life expectancy | The number of years that a person can expect to live (averaged for their country or region) |
| MEDC | A more economically developed country |
| Migration | The movement of people from one place to another |
| Natural decrease | The amount by which the death rate exceeds the birth rate. It is expressed as a negative figure |
| Natural increase | The amount by which the birth rate exceeds the death rate. |
| Over-population | Where there are too many people to be supported to a good standard of living by an area's resources |
| Physical | Natural. It includes weather, climate, soil, rock, natural vegetation, wildlife, relief and drainage |
| Population density | The number of people (or other items) per square kilometre. |
| Population distribution | How the population is spread over an area |
| Population | In statistics, population means all, and is not confined to people. For example, it could be all the trees in a forest or all the goats in an area. |
| Age-sex pyramid | A diagram used to show the structure of a population. It is also called a population pyramid. |
| Population structure | The proportions (or numbers) of males and females in the young, middle and elderly age groups of a population. |
| Refugee | A person who moves to escape hardship or persecution |
| Rural-to-rural migration | A movement from one part of the countryside to another |
| Rural-to-urban migration | The movement of people from rural areas to live in towns or cities |
| Seasonal migrant | A person who moves for a period in the year when work is available and then returns home. Also movement of pastoralists to where water and pasture are available |
| Social | Connected with people or society |
| Sustainable | Meeting a need today, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs |
| Transmigration | An involuntary movement of people within a country as a result of government policy |
| Under-population | Where there are too few people to exploit the resources of an area to their maximum potential |
| Urbanisation | The increasing percentage of the population living in urban areas (leading to a growth of towns and cities) |
| Urban-to-rural migration | The movement of people from towns or cities to the countryside |
| Urban-to-urban migration | The movement of people from one town or city to another |
| Voluntary migrant | A person who chooses to move |
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