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Terms and Definitions for economics of population chapter

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Dependant Population   The population over 65 and under 15 calculated as a ratio of total population  
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Demography   The study of the characteristics of a population  
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Emigration   People leaving their home country in order to live somewhere else. (outward migration)  
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Immigration   People from other countries coming into a country (inward migration)  
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Census   A head count of the population. A collection of the economic and social data relating to the population  
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Population Pyramid   Graph showing the structure of a population. (age and sex)  
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Total Fertility Rate   The average number of babies born to women during their reproductive years  
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Overpopulated countries   India, Ethiopia  
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Underpopulated countries   Canada, Australia  
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