| Term | Definition |
| eugenic popilation policy | Government policy designed to favor one racial sector over others. |
| Eugenic Protection Act | Policy enacted by the Japanese government in 1948 that legalized abortion for social, medical, and economic reasons. |
| expansive population policy | Government policy that encourages large families and raises the rate of population growth. |
| immigration laws | Laws that restrict the number of immigrants that are allowed to enter a country. |
| negative population growth | Less-thatn-zero growth. |
| one-child policy | icial policy launched by China in 1979 to induce married couples to have only one child in an effort to control population growth. |
| restrictive population policy | Government policy designed to reduce the rate of natural increse. |