Key Terms

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Overpopulation
Too many people in a place which cannot support them with food, water, jobs
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Exponential growth
The increasing rate of growth created by more people in the world having more children
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Natural Increase
The difference between the number of babies being born and the number of people dying
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Birth rate
Number of babies being born per 1000 population in a country
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Death rate
Number of deaths per 1000 population in a country
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Population Stabilisation
When the birth rates and death rates are almost equal
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Fertility rate
Number of children born, on average, to women of child bearing age
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Population policy
Measures taken by governments to influence population size. growh, distibution or composition
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Anti - natalist
Policies to encourage people to have fewer children
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Pro - natalist
Policies to encourage people to have more children
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Immigrant
The movement of people from one place to another
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Migrant
A person that moves to another country
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GNI - Gross National Income
Average money earned if divided equally among all people in a country per year
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Exponential growth

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The increasing rate of growth created by more people in the world having more children

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Natural Increase

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Birth rate

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Death rate

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