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Birth rate |
Birth rate is the number of live births per every 1000 people in a population. |
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Death rate |
Death rate is the number of deaths per 1000 people in a population. |
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Natural increase |
When the birth rate is higher than the death rate. |
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Life expectancy |
Is the average number of years an individual born in a country is expected to live. |
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Population distribution |
It describes the way people are spread out across the world. The distribution can be even and uneven. |
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Population density |
Is the number of people living in a square kilometer of one place, it is calculated by dividing the number of people by the area. |
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MEDC |
More economically developed country, UK, USA... |
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LEDC |
Less economically developed country, BiH, Zimbabwe... |
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Overpopulation |
When there are more people than resources for living. |
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Underpopulation |
More sources for living than people. |
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Demographic transition model |
Stage one : no country, birth rate and death rate high, due to high infant mortality; stage two: high birth rate rapidly decreasing death rate, due to medicine, water supply, food production; stage three: birth rate falls rapidly death rate still decreasing, due to family planning, industrialisation and mechanisation, more desire for material possessions, women follow their careers; stage four: both rates remain low, steady population; stage five: Italy and Germany, birth rate decreases and death rate increases. |
