Unit 2: Population and Migration Flashcards
Arithmetic population density
the population of a country/region as expressed as an average per unit area
Physiological density
number of people per unit area of arable land
Agricultural density
the population of farmers per unit area
Megalopolis
term for large coalescing supercities that are forming in diverse parts of the world
Census
periodic and official count of a country’s population
Natural increase
population growth measure as the excess of live births over deaths
calculation: (CBR-CDR)/10 when CBR/CDR are out of 1000 ppl
TFR
total fertility rate, average number of children born to a woman during her childbearing years
Dependency ratio:
old-age dependency: relationship between number of people over the age of 65 and people between ages 15-64. Child dependency: relationship between number of 0-14 people and 15-64 year old people
Zero population growth
state in which a population is maintained at a constant level because number of deaths is exactly offset by the number of births
CBR
crude birth rate, number of live births yearly per thousand people in a population
CDR
crude death rate, number of deaths yearly per thousand people in a population
Demographic transition
model of changes in population growth exhibited by countries undergoing industrialization
Population pyramid
representations of the age and sex composition of a population
IMR
infant mortality rate, number of babies that die within the first year of their lives in a population
Child mortality rate
number of children that die between first and fifth years of their lives in a given population
Life expectancy
how long, on average a person may be expected to live
Epidemic
regional outbreak of a disease
Eugenic population policies
government policies designed to favor one racial sector over others (example: Nazi germany)
Anti-natalist policy
policies aiming to decrease birth rates/slow population growth
Pro-natalist policy
policies that promote human production
Remittances
money migrants send back to family/friends in their home countries
Emigration
the act of a person leaving a country or area to settle elsewhere
Immigration
act of a person migrating to a new country or area
Nomadism
movement among a definite set of places, often cyclic movement
Transhumance
seasonal periodic movement of pastoralists and their livestock between highland and lowland pastures