1.1 Natural increase as a component of population change

Question 1

Natural increase

Answer 1

Difference between the number of births and the number of deaths in a given region

Question 2

Carrying capacity

Answer 2

Largest population that the resources of a given environment can support

Question 3

Population momentum

Answer 3

Population growth at the national level that would occur even if levels of childbearing immediately declined to replacement level

Question 4

Crude birth rate

Answer 4

Number of births per thousand population in a given year.

Question 5

Fertility rate

Answer 5

Number of life births per 1000 women aged 15-19 in a given year.

Question 6

Total fertility rate

Answer 6

Average number of children that would be born alive to a woman during her lifetime.

Question 7

Replacement level fertility

Answer 7

Level at which each generation has just enough children to replace themselves in the population.

Question 8

Crude death rate

Answer 8

Number of deaths per thousand population in a given year.

Question 9

Infant mortality rate

Answer 9

Number of deaths of infants under one year of age per thousand live births in a given year.

Question 10

Life expectancy

Answer 10

Average number of years a person may be expected to live when born.

Question 11

Population structure

Answer 11

Composition of a population, the most important elements of which are age and sex.

Question 12

Population pyramid

Answer 12

Bar chart that shows the distribution of a population by age and sex

Question 13

Sex ratio

Answer 13

Number of males per 100 females of a population

Question 14

Dependency ratio

Answer 14

Ratio of number of people under 15 and over 64 years to those 15-64 years of age

Question 15

Youth dependency ratio

Answer 15

Ratio of number of people 0-14 to those aged 15-64

Question 16

Elderly dependency ratio

Answer 16

Ratio of number of people ages above 64 to those aged 15-64