Population Flashcards

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What are some social indicators of development

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•Life Expectancy
•Population per doctor
•Infant mortality
•Adult literacy
•calories pp (per day)
•% of children attending primary school

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Economic indicators of development

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•Gross domestic product per capita (GDP)
•Gross national product per capita
•Energy used pp
•% of people employed in agriculture

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What is a problem with indicators of development

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One indicator doesn’t tell us the whole story e.g people may consume enough calories but not eat the right types of food

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What are some human factors

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•Population growth
•Access to education
•Level of Industrialisation
•Trade

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What are some physical factors

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•Climate (too cold)
•Climate (too dry)
•Relief (too steep)
•Resources (lack of minerals)
•Environment (unattractive scenery)
•Natural disasters (floods,earthquakes etc)

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Population distribution

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This shows the spread of people around the world

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Dense

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Where there are a lot of people living

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Sparse

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We’re not many people live

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Distribution

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Spread of people around the world

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Density

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The number of people per square km

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Birth rate

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The number of live births per 1000 of the population

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Death rate

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The number of deaths per 1000 of the population

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Natural increase/decrease

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The difference between BR and DR

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Life Expectancy

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The average age people are expected to live in a country

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Infant mortality rate

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The number of death in babies <1 year old per 1000 live births

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