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Population Growth
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Population | All the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country. |
| Population Density | the number of people living per unit of an area. |
| Population Growth | An increase in the number of people that reside in a country, state, county, or city. |
| Carrying Capacity | the maximum, equilibrium number of organisms of a particular species that can be supported indefinitely in a given environment. |
| Growth Rate | Absolute or relative growth increase, expressed in units of time. |
| Death Rate | the number of deaths per unit, usually 1000, of population in a given place and time. |
| Immigration | the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country. |
| Emigration | the act of leaving one's own country to settle permanently in another; moving abroad |