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CH86: Geopolitics: Demographic issues Flashcards

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un démographe -> démographique -> les données démographiques

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a demographer -> demographic -> demographics

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habiter -> un habitant -> habité ≠ inhabité

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to inhabit -> an inhabitant -> inhabited ≠ uninhabited

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peuplé ≠ dépeuplé -> le dépeuplement

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populated ≠ depopulated -> depopulation

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dense -> densément/à forte densité -> la densité

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dense -> densely -> density

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rare -> faiblement/à la faible densité

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sparse -> sparsely

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croître -> la croissance

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to grow -> growth

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le taux de natalité

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the birth rate

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le taux de mortalité -> la mortalité

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the death rate -> mortality

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exploser -> une explosion

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to boom -> a boom

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une augmentation brutale de la natalité

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a baby boom

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une chute de la natalité

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a baby bust

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un recensement

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a census

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décennal

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decennial

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la taille ; la répartition

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size ; distribution

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compter -> comptage du nombre de personnes

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to count -> headcount

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dénombrer -> le dénombrement -> une personne chargée du recensement

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to enumerate -> enumeration -> an enumerator

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un formulaire ; un questionnaire

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a form ; a questionnaire

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remplir

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to fill in / to fill up

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une communauté

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a community

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un foyer

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a household

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le revenu / par tête

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income / per capita

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moyen ; la moyenne

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average ; the average

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médian

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median

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des statistiques ; un statisticien

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statistics -> a statistician

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des données

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data

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classer

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to classify

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une stimation

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an estimate

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projeter ; des prévisions

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to project -> projections

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prévoir -> des prévisions

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to forecast -> forecast

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fécond -> la fécondité -> le taux de fécondité

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fertile -> fertility -> the fertility rate

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peuplé ; surpeuplé

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crowded -> overcrowded / overpopulated

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populeux ; très peuplé

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populous

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augmenter -> une augmentation

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to rise -> a rise

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important,considérable -> considérablement

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substantial/significant -> substantially/significantly

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spectaculaire -> de façon spectaculaire

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dramatic -> dramatically

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augmenter en flèche

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to soar, to (sky)rocket, to spiral

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grossir -> l’accroissement

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to swell -> swelling

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doubler -> double // tripler -> triple

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to double; twofold (adj) // to triple ; threefold

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culminer

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to peak

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se stabiliser ; la stabilisation

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to level off/out -> levelling

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avoir un impact sur -> touché

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to affect -> affected/hit

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les ressources

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resources

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épuiser -> la diminution

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to deplete -> depletion

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épouvantable, désastreux

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grim/dire

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alarmant

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alarming

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une pénurie

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a shortage / a dearth

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aggraver

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to worsen

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bas -> faire baisser / diminuer / réduire

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low -> to lower / to bring down

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chuter -> une chute/baisse

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to decline -> a decline

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diminuer

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to go down

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chuter/diminuer -> une chute/baisse

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to fall/decrease -> a fall/ a decrease

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chuter -> une chute

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to drop -> a drop

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se réduire

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to shrink

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s’effondrer -> un effondrement

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to collapse -> a collapse

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retarder -> le retardement

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to postpone/delay -> postponement/delay

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la maternité

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childbearing/motherhood

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l’équilibre ≠ le déséquilibre

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balance ≠ imbalance

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une proportion/un rapport

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a ratio

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dépasser

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to outnumber

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les jeunes ≠ les yeux

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the young ≠ the old

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prendre sa retraite -> un retraité -> la retraite

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to retire -> a retiree -> retirement

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une pension -> un retraité

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a pension -> a pensioner

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prendre des mesures

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to take action

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donner une impulsion à

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to boost

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une incitation

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an incentive

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une tendance

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a trend

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renverser ; un renversement

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to reverse -> a reversal

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recenser ; effectuer un recensement

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to conduct/ to take / to hold a census

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une classe d’âge

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an age group

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une pyramide des ages

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an age pyramid

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le taux de mortalité infantile

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infant mortality rate

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la croiss démographique

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population growth

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décupler

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to increase tenfold

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une migration massive

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mass migration

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le contrôle des naissances

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birth control

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le planning familial

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family planning

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l’âge de procréation

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childbearing age

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au-dessous du taux de remplacement

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below the replacement rate

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le déséquilibre numérique entre hommes et femmes

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the gender imbalance

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une politique démographique

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a population policy

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une politique de l’enfant unique

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a one-child policy

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le ratio garçons-filles

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the sex ratio

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renverser la tendance

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to buck the trend

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l’augmentation de l’espérance de vie

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increased life expectancy

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le vieillissement de la population

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an ageing/ graying population

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la crise des pensions

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the pension(s) crisis

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reculer l’âge de la retraite

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to postpone retirement age

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augmenter les cotisations

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to raise contributions

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