1. The world's population Flashcards

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1
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la population mondiale

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the world’s population / world population

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la démographie

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demography

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un démographe

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a demographer / a population scientist

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un recensement

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a census

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5
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effectuer un recensement

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to take a census

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les estimations, les prévisions

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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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10
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une pyramide 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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14
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le contrôle des naissances

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birth control

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le taux de mortalité

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the death rate / the mortality rate / mortality

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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 og high population density

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un 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 / ti grox by 5%

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augmenter de façon spectaculaire

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to rise dramatically

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augmenter en flèche

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to soar / to spiral / to skyrocket

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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 multiplier par quatre

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to increase fourfold

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culminer à 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