Population dynamics key terms

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  • Created on: 15-03-13 20:50
Exponential Growth
The bigger the population the faster it grows
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Natural increase
The number of people added to, or lost from the population for every 1000 people in one year.
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Birth Rate
the number of babies born alive for every 1000 of the population each year.
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Death Rate
The number of people who die for every 1000 people in one year
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Population balance
When death and birth rates are almost equal
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Replacement level
The average number of children required to be born to a women to ensure the population remains stale, 2:1
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Fertility rate
The average number of children born to a women in her lifetime
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Population policy
The goverment introduces steps to manage their population
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Anti-Natalist
Policies to encourage people to have fewer children, like one child per person in china
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Pro-natalist
encourage people to have more children by offering financial incentives
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Migration
The movement of people from one place to another
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Immigrant
A person that moves to another country
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Natural increase

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The number of people added to, or lost from the population for every 1000 people in one year.

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Birth Rate

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Death Rate

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Population balance

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