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Population Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Overpopulation | When the population grows so much, there's a scarcity of resources. |
| Ecumene | The part of Earth occupied by people. |
| Arithmetic Density | The number of people divided by the land area. Shows how the population would be spread out across the land (uniformly). |
| Physiological Density | The number of people divided by farmland. Gives insight to the relationship between size of a population and the availability of resources. |
| Agricultural Density | The number of farmers divided by farmland. Shows the efficiency of both the farmer and the farmland. |
| Doubling time | The amount of time doubling a population takes. |
| Crude birth rate (CBR) | Total live births annually for every 1,000 people alive today. |
| Crude death rate (CDR) | Total deaths annually for every 1,000 people alive. |
| Natural increase rate (NIR) | Percent a population grows annually. |
| Demographic transition model (DTM) | The change in society's population based on birth and death and their affecting factors. |
| Total fertility rate (TFR) | Average amount of babies a fertile woman (ages 15-49) is likely to have. |
| Infant mortality rate (IMR) | Deaths of infants under age 1 compared to the total live births. |
| Demography/demographics | The study of population and it's features. |
| Agricultural revolution | When humans started using domesticated resources for sustenance. Opposed to the nomadic lifestyle the was the previous way to get food. |
| Industrial Revolution | Spread of technology and improvements (during the mid-1700s in Europe). Affected more developed commercials. |
| Medical Revolution | When medical practices and technology diffused to the less developed countries around the 1950's time. |
| Zero Population Growth (ZPG) | When CBR equals CDR and there is no increase or decrease rate. |
| Population Pyramid | Displayment of population based on age and gender |
| Dependency ratio | Number of people incapable of working based on youth and old age. |
| Sex ratio | Males per 100 females |
| Thomas Malthus | English economist who said the population increase would eventually cause the resources to become very scarce. |
| Epidemiologic transition | Specific reasons for death. |
| Pandemic | A disease occurring over a large area, affecting many people. |
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