Population and Migration Flashcards
In 2011, what was the rate of population growth?
3 per sec
What was the life exptancy in 2010?
64
in 1966, what was the life expectancy?
53
What can affect life expectancy? List 33
Poverty, hygiene, disease, war, natiral distasters, pandemics, food shortages, population density, healthcare, quality of healthcare, acess/price of healthcare, transport,famine, food, money/wealth, shelter,droughts,environment/climate, crime,extreme weather,insect life, access to clean water,obesity, education,happy, fair, tolerant environment/society,technology, industry,police, terrorism,addictions, employment, affordable housing
what is natural increase?
Is the difference between deaths and births that year. Is positive if there are more births, negative if there are more deaths
What is birth rate?
The amount of people born that year per thousand
what is death rate?
the amount of people who died that year per thousand
What factors affect the birth rate? 7
Artificial birth control by the state, religion or culture, employment, jobs for women/affordable childcare, contraception
Where is population the most dense in the world? (list 4)
India, China,Northeast America, northern europe
What is counterurbanisation?
…is the movement of people from rural and urban areas to the suburbs or green belt
What are the development indicators? (8)
Birth/death rate, obesity, adult literacy, gna per capita, gross national product, infant mortality, life expectancy, gender equality