Population 🦋 Flashcards
What is population?
Refers to the total number of being living in a particular area
Death Rate?
The number of people per thousand who die in a particular area during a particular period of time
Birth Rate?
The number of babies born there for every 1000 people during a particular period of time
Natural Increase and Decrease?
NI-happens when there are more births than deaths
ND-happens when there are more deaths than births
Infant Mortality Rate?
The number of deaths per 1000 lives, births of children under one year of age
How Birth Rate Affects Population
> A lower birth rate will make the population increase at a slower rate, death rate is constant
High birth rate increase population
How Death Affects Population
> If people die at a slower rate then the population will increase if the birth rate remains constant
Birth rate goes down and Death rate goes up then population will decrease
Both death and birth rate goes up then the population will remain constant
How Infant Mortality Rate affects Population?
> Reduction in population
>Aged population