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Mortality rate
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A figure that describes the number of people that die each year.
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Demographic transition
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Changes in population growth exhibited by countries undergoing industrialization. High birth rates and death rates are followed by plunging death rates, producing a huge net population gain.
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TFR
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Total fertility rate is the number of children being born every year.
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Megalopolis
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Term used to designate large cities that are forming
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Population density
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A measurement of the number of people per unit of land
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Eugenics
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A population policy that favors the growth or reduction of one [particular ethnic group
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Replacement level
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The amount of children being born and the amount of immigrants coming into the country so the countries population doesn’t go down
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