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SS11 Human Geo
Population
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| demography | The study of population numbers, distribution, trends, and issues. |
| developed country | A country with a highly developed economy and infrastructure and high living standards. |
| developing country | A country with a less sophisticated economy and lower standard of living, may have extensive poverty. |
| birth rate | The number of births per 1000 people in a country in a given year. |
| death rate | The number of deaths per 1000 people in a country in a given year. |
| immigration rate | The number of new arrivals in a country per given year per 1000 people. |
| emigration rate | The number of people leaving a country in a given year per 1000 people. |
| natural increase | The rate at which a population increase (or decreases) in a year expressed as a percentage of the total population; calculated by subtracting the death rate from the birth rate. |
| exponential rate | The rapid rate of population growth as each generation doubles in size. |
| rule of 70 | The time it takes a country to double its population, approximately 70 divided by the country's growth rate. |
| doubling time | The number of years it takes a country to double its population at its current growth rate. |
| net migration | The difference between the number of people immigrating to a country and the number of people emigrating. |
| population growth rate | The rate at which a country's population increases or decreases; calculated by adding natural increase and net migration. |
| life expectancy | The average number of years an individual is expected to live. |
| demographic transition model | A model that shows changes in a population's birth and death rates and growth based on technological development. |
| mortality | Deaths in a population. |
| family planning | The concept of limiting the size of families. |
| total fertility rate | The average number of children born over the lifetime of a typical woman in a particular country. |
| one-child policy | A policy adopted by China to control population growth. |
| population pyramid | The bar graph that shows male and female populations back to back at age intervals of five years. |
| age cohort | An age group in a population, for example, the number of people between the ages of 10 - 14. |
| dependency ratio | The proportion of the population (children and those over 65 years of age) that is being supported by the working age group. |
| carrying capacity | The maximum number of people that can be sustained by an environment. |
| population distribution | The pattern of where people live in an area. |
| population density | The number of people liven in a given area; calculated by dividing the population by its area. |
| nutritional density | The measure of how much nutrition in calories can be produced from a certain area. |
| infanticide | The act of killing an infant. |
| sterilization | A procedure by which a person's ability to reproduce is destroyed. |
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