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population vocab.
Question | Answer |
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demography | the scientific study of population. |
overpopulation | not only the total numner of people on Earth but the relationship of the total number of people and available resource. |
ecumene | portion of Earths surface occupied by permanent human settlement. |
arithmetic density | total number of people divided by the total land area. |
arithemetiv density | total number of peole divided by the total land area. |
physiological density | number of people supported by a unit area of arable land. |
agricultural density | ratio of the number of famers to the amount of arable land. |
crude birth rates | total number of live births in a year per 1000 people alive in the society. |
crude death rates | total number of deaths in a year per 100 pople alive in a society. |
natural increase rate | percentage of the population of which it grows in a year. |
total fertilaty rate | measure the number of births in a society. |
infant mortality rate | number of deaths of infants under 1 year of age compared to total live births annually. |