Population and Migration Flashcards
(13 cards)
Population distribution
How the people are spread out
Population density
How crowded places are like crowded (dense population) or not crowded (sparse population)
Sparsely populated
Very spread out
Birth rate
Number of people who are born per year
Death rate
The number of deaths per year
Natural increase
Birth rate minus death rate
Migration
When people move from 1 country to another and stay there
Country of origin
Your birth country
Host country
The country you live in not your county of origin
Refugee
A person who left their country because of a war or something else
Economic migrant
Someone who moved country for jobs or money reasons
Ageing population
When there isn’t enough working people to support the elderly
Youthful population
There are a lot of young people
