Population Flashcards
(20 cards)
Population distribution
How people are spread out
Population density
Number of people per km2
Refugees
A person who has been forced to flee their home area and are unable to go back
Asylum Seekers
Left their home country in search of protection in another country but whose claims for refugee status has not been decided
Internally displaced persons
Group of people who are forced to flee their home suddenly
Environmental and sister displacees
Displaced due to environmental factors
Smuggled people
people who have been moved illegally by paying someone to do it
Trafficked people
people who have moved by deception for the purpose of exploitation and profit
Natural increase
calculated by subtracting the death rate from the birth rate
Doubling time
number of years needed for population to doubloon size
Population momentum
the tendency for population to grow despite a fall in birth rate or fertility levels.
Population projections
predictions about the future based on fertility, mortality and migration
Fertility rate
average number of births per thousand women in childbearing age
Life expectancy
average number of years a person can be excepted to live to usually from birth
Status of women
gender related development index which measures the inequality between the sexes in life expectancy, education and the standard of living
level of education
the more highly educated the parents are the fewer children they will have
Location of residence
people in rural areas tend to have ore children than those in urban areas
religion
most religions are pro natalist which means they have larger families
health of the mother
healthier mother = less children than unhealthy women
economic prosperity
the richer the family the less children they will have.
