Population Flashcards
Population distribution
How people are spread out
Population density
Number of people per km2
Refugees
A person who has been forced to flee their home area and are unable to go back
Asylum Seekers
Left their home country in search of protection in another country but whose claims for refugee status has not been decided
Internally displaced persons
Group of people who are forced to flee their home suddenly
Environmental and sister displacees
Displaced due to environmental factors
Smuggled people
people who have been moved illegally by paying someone to do it
Trafficked people
people who have moved by deception for the purpose of exploitation and profit
Natural increase
calculated by subtracting the death rate from the birth rate
Doubling time
number of years needed for population to doubloon size
Population momentum
the tendency for population to grow despite a fall in birth rate or fertility levels.
Population projections
predictions about the future based on fertility, mortality and migration
Fertility rate
average number of births per thousand women in childbearing age
Life expectancy
average number of years a person can be excepted to live to usually from birth
Status of women
gender related development index which measures the inequality between the sexes in life expectancy, education and the standard of living
