Population And Settlement Flashcards
Number of deaths per 1000 people per year
Death rate
Number of live births per 1000 people per year
Birth rate
The number of people a country can comfortably accommodate
Carrying capacity
A measure of the number of people such as children and pensioners who are dependent on the working population
Dependency ratio
A movement of people
Migration
Movement of people into a country from another
Immigration
Number of children on average a women would have in her life time in a specific country
Fertility rate
The number of babies that die before the age of 1, for every 1000 live births
Infant mortality rate
In a population where the birth rate exceeds the death rate
Natural increase
In w population where the death rate exceeds the birth rate
Natural decrease
Spread of people per km2
Population density
A description of the population of age and gender of the people living in a country
Population structure
