Population Flashcards
Graphical illustration that shows the distribution of various age and gender groups in a population
Age structure
A painful contagious socially transmitted condition of overload, debt, anxiety and waste resulting from the dogged pursuit of more of the above
Affluenza
Any period marked by a greatly increased birth rate
Baby boom
The maximum population size of the species that the environment can sustain I definetlty
Carrying capacity
Indicates that number of live births occurring during the year, per 1000 population estimated
Crude birth rate
The statistical study of human populations
Demography
The transition from high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates as the country develops from a pre industrial to an industrialized economic system
Demographic transition
Growth doubles as a steady predictable rate
Exponential growth
The average number of children that would be born to a woman in her lifetime
Fertility rate
The total number of living humans on earth
Human population
Birth rates decline due to better health and social opportunities for women
Industrial stage
The basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise
Infrastructure
Number of years of life
Life expectancy
(Birth rate + Immigration rate) - (death rate + emigration rate)
Population growth factors
Birth and death rates are low and growth is slow
Postindustrial growth
