Population And Settlement Flashcards
(12 cards)
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
