Population Flashcards
Birth rate
The number of live births in a year per thousand of a population
Stage 1
Very poor
Birth rates are high
Death rates are high because of disease and famines
Population may fluctuate or grow slowly
Stage 2
The economy starts to develope
Birth rates high
Death rates fall because of better food and water eg mali
Stage 3
The economy continues to improve and people begin to plan the size of their family
Rate of population growth slows down
Eg Cuba
Stage 4o
Economy is delveloped
People live long lives and have few children this means that both death rates and birth rates are low
Population my fluctuate and grow very slowly
Eg Ireland
Stage 5
People are so concerned about their jobs that they have very few children
Population will decrease as birth rates are lower than death rates eg Germany
What influences population change
Technology Woman in society Health Food Education War
Migrant
Someone who moves from one place to live in another place
Internal migrant
Someone who moves from one part to another part of the same country
Immigrant
Someone who moves into a county
Emigrants
Someone who moves out of a country
Refugee
And Immigrant who gets special permission to leave a country because they are being persecuted in their own
Asylum seeker
An immigrant that apples for permission to become a refugee
Individual migrations
Migrations that are planned and carried out by the migrant themselfs
Organised migrations
Migrations that are planed ans carried out by government
