Population Studies Flashcards
Definitions
Define ‘POPULATION’
Number of people living in the same geographical area
Define ‘DEMOGRAPHY’
Study of population
Define ‘BIRTHRATE’
Number of live births per thousand people per total population. (Pace at which children are being born in an area)
Define ‘DEATH RATE’ / ‘MORTALITY RATE’
Number of deaths per thousand people per total population
Define ‘INFANT MORTALITY RATE’
Number of deaths among infants under age age of one per thousand live births
Define ‘FERTILITY RATE’
Average number of children a woman of childbearing years would have in her lifetime
Define ‘NATURAL POPULATION GROWTH RATE’
Difference between death rate and birth rate
What is migration?
Permanent or temporal movement of people from one place to another
What is emigration
When people leave their place of residence and move to another for several reasons
Give 3 other names for LEDC
Low or middle income country
Medium industrialized countries
Underdeveloped countries
Define developing countries
Countries whose GDP is less than 2US with a less developed industrial base and a low HDI relative to other countries
Give 2 other names for MEDCs
Post industrialized country
Developed country
What is a MEDC
Country with a developed economy and advanced technological infrastructure relative to other countries. GDP higher than 2US and has
What is GDP?
Total market value for all finished goods and services within a country’s borders in a specific time period.
What is HDI?
Human Development Index - summary measure of average achievement in key dimensions of human development.
Life expectancy
GDP, decent living standards
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