The World's Population Flashcards

1
Q

The world’s population / World population

A

La population mondiale

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2
Q

demography

A

la démographie

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3
Q

a demographer / a population scientist

A

un démographe

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4
Q

a census

A

un recensement

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5
Q

to take a census

A

effectuer un recensement

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6
Q

the forecast

A

les estimations, les prévisions

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7
Q

world population growth

A

la croissance démographique mondiale

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8
Q

the population explosion

A

l’explosion démographique

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9
Q

overpopulation

A

la surpopulation

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10
Q

to be overpopulated

A

être surpeuplé

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11
Q

an age pyramid

A

une pyramide des âges

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12
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an age group

A

une tranche d’âge

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13
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the birth rate

A

le taux de natalité

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14
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the fertility rate

A

le taux de fécondité

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15
Q

birth control

A

le contrôle des naissances

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16
Q

to make contraception available to all women

A

rendre la contraception accessible à toutes les femmes

17
Q

the death rate / mortality / the mortality rate

A

le taux de mortalité

18
Q

the infant mortality rate

A

le taux de mortalité infantile

19
Q

life expectancy

A

l’espérance de vie

20
Q

a densely populated area / an area of high population density

A

une région fortement peuplée

21
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a sparsely populated area / an area of low population density

A

une région faiblement peuplée

22
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to rise by / to increase by / to grow by 5%

A

augmenter de 5%

23
Q

a rise / an increase in world population

A

une augmentation de la population mondiale

24
Q

to rise dramatically

A

augmenter de façon spectaculaire

25
Q

to soar / to spiral / to skyrocket

A

augmenter en flèche

26
Q

to double / to triple or treble

A

doubler / tripler

27
Q

to increase fourfold

A

être multiplié par 4

28
Q

to peak at 9 billion

A

culminer à 9 milliards

29
Q

the current trend

A

la tendance actuelle

30
Q

the reversal of a trend

A

un renversement de tendance

31
Q

a baby boom

A

un baby boom

32
Q

the baby boomers

A

les enfants du baby boom