Population Flashcards
1
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Demography
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Study of population
2
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Arithmetic Density
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Total # of people in an area
- Population divided by total land area
- Allows us to compare populations between different sized countries
- Most basic measure of pop. density
- Not useful to make generalizations about a country’s economic development
3
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Physiological Density
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Tells how concentrated people are in arable land
- Population divided by arable land
- Describes the relationship between the population and the availability of resources
- Tells about pop. pressure within a country
4
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Agricultural Density
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The ratio of the number of farmers to the amount of arable land- farmers are used to produce food
- Farmers divided by arable land
- High Density- inefficient, LDC
- Low Density- efficient, MDC
5
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5 population concentrations in order
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- East Asia- 25% of world population: Japan, China, North and South Korea, and Taiwan
- South Asia- 25% of world population: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Island of Sri Lanka
- Europe- 9% o world population
- Southeast Asia
- Eastern North America
6
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Thomas Malthus, a reverend and economist ( 1766-1834)
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Theory: population will eventually outpace food production
7
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Neo-Malthusians (Malthus supporters)
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- Growth of LDC’s are outstripping even Malthus’ predictions
- World pop. is stripping other resources too
- Solutions: birth control and family planning
8
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Malthus’ critics
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- Malthus’ theory is based on a belief that the increase in world’s food supply is fixed rather than expanding
- An increase in technology &a genetic food production has increased the amount of available food
9
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CBR
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Rate of birth per 1000 people
10
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CDR
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Rate of deaths per 1000 people
11
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NIR
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Increase rate calculated w/ births and deaths only ( CBR - CDR divided by 10)
12
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TFR
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of babies per woman of childbearing years
13
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IMR
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Deaths before age 1
14
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CMR
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Deaths ages 1-5 years
15
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Life expectancy
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Years a person is expected to live
