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AP human geo pop/mig
population and migration
Term | Definition |
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life expectancy | average number of years an infant can expect to live |
crude birth rate (CBR) | the toltal number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society |
infant mortality rates | the number of infant deaths (under age 1) per 1,000 live births |
zero population growth (ZPG) | a decline of the total fertility rate to the point where the natural increase rate equals zero |
total fertility rate (TFR) | the average number of children a woman will have throughout her childbearing years. |
sex/gender ratio | the number of males per 100 females in the population |
dependancy ratio | the number of people under age 15 and over 64 compared to the number of people active in the labor force |
demographic transition | the process of change in a society's population from a condition of high CBR and high CDR, low rate of natural increase, and higher total population |
pandemic | disease that occurs over affects a very high proportion of the population |
physiological density | the number of people per unit area of arable land, which is land suitable for agriculture. |
doubling time | the number of years needed to double a population assuming a constant rate of natural increase. |
population pyramid |