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Geography
Population
Word | Definition |
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Agricultural Density | number of farmers to arable land |
Arithmetic Density | total number of people divided by total land area |
Census | an official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex, occupation |
Crude Birth Rate | how many babies born per 1,000 people |
Crude Death Rate | total number of deaths per 1,000 people |
Demographic Transition | (blank) |
Demography | the science of vital and social statistics, as of the births, deaths, diseases, marriages |
Doubling Time | the number of years needed to double a population |
Infant Mortality Rate | the number of infant deaths per 1,000 people |
Life Expectancy | the average number of years a newborn infant can expect to live at current mortality levels |
LDC | less developed country |
MDC | more developed country |
Natural Increase Rate | percent of population growth (CBR - CDR) |
Overpopulation | to fill with an excessive number of people, straining available resources and facilities |
Physiological Density | (blank) |
Population Pyramid | a graph showing the distribution of a population by sex, age |
Total Fertility Rate | average number of children a woman will have throughout her child bearing years |
Zero Population Growth | when the crude birth rate declines to the point where it equals the crude death rate |