1. The World's Population Flashcards

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La démographie

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Demography

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La population mondiale

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The World’s population / world population

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Un démographe

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A population scientist/ a demographer

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Un recensement

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A census

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Effectuer un recensement

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To take a census

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Les prévisions, estimations

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The forecast

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La croissance démographique mondiale

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World population growth

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L’explosion démographique

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The population explosion

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La surpopulation

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Overpopulation

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La pyramides des âges

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An age pyramid

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Une tranche d’âge

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An age group

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Le taux de natalité

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The birth rate

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Le taux de fécondité

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The fertility rate

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Le contrôle des naissance

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Birth control

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Le taux de mortalité

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The death rate /mortality / the mortality rate

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Le taux de mortalité infantile

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The infant mortality rate

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L’espérance de vie

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Life expectancy / the expectation of life

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Une région fortement peuplée

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A densely populated area / an area of high population density

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Une région faiblement peuplée

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A sparsely populated area / an area of low population density

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Augmenter de 5%

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To rise by / to increase by / to grow by 5%

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Une augmentation de la population mondiale

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A rise / an increase in world population

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Augmenter de façon spectaculaire

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To rise dramatically

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Monter en flèche

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To soar / to skyrocket / to spiral

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Doubler

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To double

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Tripler

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To triple

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Être multiplié par 4

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To increase fourfold

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Culminer a 9 milliards

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To peak at 9 billion

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La tendance actuelle

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The current trend

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Un renversement de tendance

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The reversal of a trend

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Un baby boom

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A baby boom

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Les enfants du baby boom

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The baby boomers