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Geography
Population
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |