Demographic Vocab Flashcards
demography
study of population numbers, distribution, trends, and issues
birth rate
yearly number of live births per 1000
death rate
yearly number of deaths per 1000
natural increase rate
difference between the birth rate and death rate
infant mortality rate
yearly number of deaths under 1 year old per 1000
child mortality rate
yearly number of deaths under 8 year old per 1000
immigrate
to move permanently (to live) in a country other than your own native country
immigration rate
number of new Canadians who have immigrated here from another country per 1000 of Canada’s population
immigrant
person who moves to a new country with the intention of settling
refugee
one of the categories of immigrants to Canada
emigrate
to leave your country of origin to live elsewhere
net migration rate
difference between people moving TO a country and people moving elsewhere from that same country
push factor
something that makes people want to leave their country and move to another (e.g. discrimination, unemployment)
pull factor
something that attracts people to another country (e.g. freedom of speech, educational opportunities)
emigration rate
yearly number of people per 1000 who move elsewhere
population growth rate
measurement that combines both natural increase and net migration to calculate the overall growth of a country’s population
life expectancy
average lifespan of a population
baby boom
the large rise in the birth rate in the late 1940s and 1950s experienced by many countries in Europe and North America
doubling time
how long it would take for a country’s population to double at that country’s current rate of population growth
population pyramid
graph that depicts population distribution by age/sex
population density
figure calculated by dividing the population of a region by that region’s area
population distribution
pattern showing where people live in an area
