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Demography |
the statistical study of human population and trends |
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Census |
a government population count that gives detailed information about population numbers and statistics |
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Birth Rate |
the number of people born in a country, per 1000, a year |
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Death Rate |
the number of people that die in a country per 1000, in a year |
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Life Expectancy |
the average number of years a person in a country is expected to live. May be different for males and females |
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Rate of Natural Increase |
the growth in opulation resulting from birth rates being greater than death rates |
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Infant Mortality Rate |
the number of children that die before their first birthday, in a country, per 1000, in a year |
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Total Fertility Rate |
the average number of children a woman living in a country will have in her lifetime |
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Population density |
number of people living in a square mile or square kilometre of land |
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Population distribution |
how people are distributes over an area |
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Population explosion |
a sudden rapid rise in the number of people in an area |
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Ecumene |
permanently inhabited places in the world. Think Wester Europe |
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Carrying Capacity |
the idea that land can produce only so much in the way of food or goods given the technology of the time. As population outstrips food supplies, it is reduced by checks such as famine and disease until it stabilizes close to the land's carrying capacity |
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Immigration rates and emigration rates |
are calculated in a similar manner to birth and death rates. The difference between the two gives the net immigration rate |
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Cohort |
a five year age group |
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Rule of 70 |
number of years to double= 70/ annual percentage growth rate |
