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demography the study of the characteristics of populations especially human populations de
age structure the classification of members of a population into groups according to age or the distribution of members of a population in terms of age groups ag
survivorship they percentage of newborn individuals in a population that can be expected to survive to a given age su
fertility rate the average number of children a women of childbearing years would have in her lifetime if she had children at the current rate for her country
migration in general movement of individuals or populations from on location to another
life expectancy the average length of time that an individual is expected to live
demographic transition the study of the characteristics of populations especially human populations de
infrastructure the basic facilities of a country or region such as roads bridges and sewers in
arable land land that can be used to grow crops
urbanization an increase in the ratio or density of people living in urban areas rather than ruaral areas ur
least developed countries counties that have been identified by the United States as showing the fewest signs of development in terms of income human resources and economic diversification
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