Population Dynamics 3.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? GeographyEconomic changeGCSEAll boards Created by: AlfieCreated on: 24-04-13 21:48 Ageing Population where people are living longer and/or a declining birth rate meaning that there are more elderly than young people in a country 1 of 27 Birth Rate the amount of babies born per 1000 of the population per year 2 of 27 Death Rate the amount of deaths per 1000 of the population per year 3 of 27 Economic Migrant a person moving for work reasons 4 of 27 Emigrants people moving out of a country 5 of 27 Fertility Rate the average number of children born to a woman 6 of 27 Immigrants people moving into a country 7 of 27 Life Expectancy the average number of years a person is expected to live 8 of 27 Migration movement of people into and out of an area or country 9 of 27 Migration Balance Positive- more immigrants than emigrants; increase population. Negative- less immigrants than emigrants; decrease population 10 of 27 Natural Increase/Decrease the difference between birth rates and death rates 11 of 27 Open Door Migration Policy a population policy that encourages international migration 12 of 27 Points Based Migration Policy a population policy that only allows skilled people to migrate to that country 13 of 27 Population Balance birth and death rates are almost equal and the population remains level 14 of 27 Population Pyramid diagram showing the age and gender structure of a population 15 of 27 Replacement Level the amount of babies needed to be born for the population to remain the same 16 of 27 Pro-Natalist Policy a population policy that encourages births to increase the population 17 of 27 Anti-Natalist Policy a population policy that tries to reduce the birth rate and therefore reduce population growth 18 of 27 Tipping Point a point beyond which leads to over population 19 of 27 Youthful Population high birth rate and death rate leads to lots of children in the population 20 of 27 Optimum Population all natural resources can be exploited and standard of living is at a maximum 21 of 27 Under Population population too small to exploit all resources 22 of 27 Over Population resources per person and standard of living goes down when a country starts to become over-populated, it is beyond it carrying capacity 23 of 27 Standard of Living natural resources × technology ÷ population 24 of 27 Dependency Ratio children (% 0-16) + elderly (% 65+) × 100 ÷ (economically active %) 25 of 27 Economically Active Population percentage 16 - 64 years old 26 of 27 Annual Population Growth Rate natural resources × technology ÷ population 27 of 27
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