Population Change Keywords

a population in balance. Birth rate is equal to death rate, so there is no increase or decrease. 

 the death rate is greater than the birth rate 

a pattern where the growth rate constantly increases - often shown as a J-curve. 

 the number of babies born per 1,000 people per year 

 the number of deaths per 1,000 people per year 

 the difference between birth rate and death rate 

the birth rate is greater than the death rate 

the number of years a person is expected to live 

these include the Asian tigers as well as other emerging industrial nations such as Malaysia, the Philippines and China 

one of the fours east Asian countries of Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan, where manufacturing industry grew rapidly from the 1960s to 1990s 

a model that shows changes in population information (birth and death rates and population growth) over a period of time 

a birth rate high enough for a generation to be the same size as the one before it 

the proportions of each age group in a population. This links closely to the stage the country has reached in the demographic transition model. 

 the balance between males and females in a population 

 the number of babies that die under a year of age, per 1,000 live births 

 the number of children that die under five years of age, per 1,000 live births 

a population policy that aims to move people from densely populated areas to sparsely populated areas and provide them with the opportunities to improve their quality of lives 

a process usually associated with the development of an economy, where an increasing proportion of people work in industry 

a group of countries across Europe that work towards a single market i.e. they trade as if they were one country, without any trade barriers. 

push factors are the negative aspects of a place that encourage people to move away. Pull factors are the attractions and opportunities of a place that encourage people to move there. 

the movement of people from one place to another with the intention of staying for at least a year 

 the country where a migrant settles 

the country from which a migrant moves from 

 someone entering a new country with the intention of living there 

someone leaving their country of residence to move to another country

people who believe that their lives are at risk if they remain in their home country and seek to live in another country 

someone trying to improve their standard of living, who moves voluntarily

the average number of children a woman can expect to have in her lifetime (higher in LEDCs)