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Geography Unit 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Birth Rate | number of births per 1000 people in a population |
| Death rate | number of deaths per 100 people in a population |
| Natural increase rate | difference between the birth rate and death rate of a country. |
| Immigration rate | number of people per 1000 population who immigrate |
| Emigration rate | number of people per 1000 population who emigrate |
| Net Migration rate | difference between people immigrating to a country and people emigrating from the same country. |
| Population Growth Rate | measurement that combines both natural increase and net migration to calculate the overall growth of a country's population. |
| Rule Of 70 | process whereby you divide 70 by the population growth rate to estimate how many years it will take for the country's population to double. |
| Doubling Time | how long it would take for the country's population to double at the country's current rate of population growth. |
| Dependency Load | proportion of the population that is not in the workplace. Total number of people 14 and under + 65 and over. |
| Population pyramid | graph that depicts population distribution by age and sex. |