Population Keywords Flashcards
A group of people within an area
Population
The spatial property of being scattered about over an area or volume
Distribution
An area with lots of people living in it
Densely Populated
An area that has a few people living in it
Sparsely Populated
The number of births in a year per 1,000 population
Birth rate
The number of deaths in a year per 1,000 population
Death rate
The number of babies out of every thousand that dies before the age of one
Infant mortality
The statistics of a population e.g. age, income, he statistics of a population e.g. age, income, education
Demographics
The transition of high birth rates and death rates to low birth rates and death rates that occurs as part of the economic development of a country from a pre industrial to a post industrial economy
Demographic transition model
The movement of people from one country or locality to another
Migration
Things that make people want to leave an area
Push factors
Things that encourage a person to an area
Pull factors
A person who leaves one country to permanently settle in another
Immigrant
A person who leaves his/her country of origin to seek residence in another country
Migrant
When a person leaves their country of origin to settle in another country
Emigrate
