Demographic issues Flashcards

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La démographie, un démographe

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Demography, a demographer

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démographique, les données démographiques

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demographic, demographics

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habiter, un habitant

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to inhabit, an inhabitant

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habité ≠ inhabité

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inhabited ≠ uninhabited

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peuplé ≠ dépeuplé

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populated ≠ depopulated

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le dépeuplement, dense

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depopulation, dense

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densément / à forte densité, la densité

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densely, density

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rare, faiblement / à 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, le taux de mortalité

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the birth rate, the death rate

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exploser, une explosion

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to boom, a boom

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la mortalité, un recensement

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mortality, a census

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une augmentation brutale de la natalité, une chute de la natalité

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a baby boom, a baby bust

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décennal, la taille

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decennial, size

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la répartition, dénombrer

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distribution, to enumerate

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compter, comptage du nombre de personnes

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to count, headcount

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le dénombrement, une personne chargée du recensement

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enumeration, an enumerator

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un formulaire, un questionnaire

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a form, a questionnaire

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remplir, une communauté

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to fill in / to fill up, a community

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par tête, médian

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per capita, median

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un foyer, le revenu

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a household, income

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moyen, la moyenne

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average, the average

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des statistiques, un statisticien

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statistics, a statistician

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des données, classer

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data, to classify

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une estimation, la surpopulation

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an estimate, overpopulation

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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 / to increase, a rise / an increase

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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

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to double, twofold

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tripler, triple

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to triple, threefold

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culminer, les ressources

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to peak, resources

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se stabiliser, la stabilisation

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to level off / out, leveling

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avoir un impact sur, touché

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to affect, affected / hit

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épuiser, la diminution

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to deplete, depletion

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épouvantable, désastreux, alarmant

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grim, dire, alarming

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une pénurie, aggraver

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a shortage / a dearth, 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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La dénatalité, diminuer

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Birth rate decline, to go down

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chuter, une chute / une baisse

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to decline, a decline

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chuter / diminuer, une chute / une baisse

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to fall / to 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, la maternité

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to shrink, childbearing / motherhood

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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 / to delay, postponement / delay

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l’équilibre ≠ le déséquilibre

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balance ≠ imbalance

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une proportion / un rapport, dépasser

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a ratio, to outnumber

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les jeunes ≠ les vieux

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the young ≠ the old

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prendre sa retraite, un retraité

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to retire, a retiree

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la retraite, une crise

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retirement, a crisis

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une pension, un retraité

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a pension, a pensioner

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prendre des mesures, donner une impulsion à

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to take action, to boost

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une incitation, une tendance

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an incentive, a trend

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renverser, un renversement

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to reverse, a reversal