Population Flashcards
Asylum
A means of protection or shelter granted by a country or embassy to refugees from another country
An asylum seeker is someone who is also seeking international protection from dangers in his or her home country, but whose claim for refugee status hasn’t been determined legally.
Asymmetrical Population Pyramid
An irregular shaped population graph, for a country going through a development stage or having experienced war or mass migration.
Birth Rate (BR)
The total births in a population per year.
Brandt Line
An invisible line that divides the rich ‘north’ countries (MEDC countries) from the poor ‘south’ countries (LEDC countries).
Census
An official survey of the population in a country.
Child Mortality Rate (under-5 mortality)
The number children who die by the age of five in a population.
Contraception
The deliberate use of artificial methods or other techniques to prevent pregnancy as a consequence of sexual intercourse.
Death Rate (CDR)
The total deaths in a population per year.
Family Planning
The practice of controlling the number of children one has, particularly by using contraceptives or voluntary sterilization.
Fertility/ Fertility Rate
The average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime.
GDP / Gross Domestic Product
The total value of all goods and services produced in a country in a year excluding foreign earnings.
GDP per capita (Gross Domestic Product per capita)
The total value of all goods and services produced in the country in a year divided by the number of people that live in the country excluding foreign earnings.
Illegal immigrants
People who move into a country illegaly. They do not have refugee status or a visa to travel into the new country.
Immigrants
An immigrant is someone who makes a conscious decision to leave his or her home and move to a foreign country with the intention of settling there.
Immigration
The movement of people into a new country.
