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Population

Key Concepts:

Terms in this set (20)

Birth Rate
The number of babies born per 1000 people per year.
Death Rate
The number of deaths per every 1000 people per year.
Densely Populated
The population is high and very close together
Emigration
The act of leaving a country to resettle abroad. (Emigrants leaving their country)
Immigration
The act of moving into a country from abroad. (Immigrants entering another country)
International migration
The act of leaving a country to resettle abroad. (Emigrants leaving their country)
Migration
The movement of people from one place to another. Migrant A person who migrates from one country to another.
Natural decrease
When the death rate exceeds the birth rate.
Natural increase
When the birth rate exceeds the death rate.
Overpopulation
The size of the population exceeds a country's own supply of resources
Population
The number of 'inhabitants' of a particular place.
Population Density
A measurement of how many people there are per square kilometre.
Population Distribution
The pattern or 'spread' of where people live in the world.
Population Growth
BR - DR = NC (also known as Natural increase)
Population Policy
A set of laws or strategies put in place by a government aimed at 'managing' the number of people in a country
Population Pyramid
A horizontal bar graph that represents the 'structure' or composition of a place's population by age and sex.
Refugee
A person who is forced to migrate as a result of unsafe conditions in their home country.
Rural-Urban migration
This is when people migrate from countryside areas to towns and cities.
Sparsely Populated
The population is low and very spread out
Underpopulation
Too few people to make best use of their resources of food, water, minerals, and energy
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