Population Keywords Flashcards
Birth rate
The average number of live births in a country per 1000 people per year.
Fertility rate
The estimated number of children a woman may have in her lifetime.
Death rate (mortality rate)
The average number of deaths in a country per 1000 people per year.
Infant mortality rate
The average number of deaths of infants under the age of 1 in a country per 1000 live births per year.
Life expectancy
The average number of years from birth a person is expected to live for.
Natural growth rate
The birth rate minus the death rate divided by 10
Total population growth rate
This is similar to the natural growth rate but it also takes migration and emigration into account. (Birth rate+immigration)-(death rate+emigration)÷10.
Population replacement rate
This is the number needed for the population to remain constant. This is 2.1.
Population distribution
This describes where populations live; which continents, countries or regions.
Dependency ratio
The proportion of the population not earning money through work (children under 16 and retired people over 65) compared with the working population.
Population density
This is a measurement of how populated places are. Whether the area densely or sparsely populated. It is measured as the number of people per km squared.
The average number of live births in a country per 1000 people per year.
Birth rate
The estimated number of children a woman may have in her lifetime.
Fertility rate
The average number of deaths in a country per 1000 people per year.
Death rate (mortality rate)
The average number of deaths of infants under the age of 1 in a country per 1000 live births per year.
Infant mortality rate
