poulation and people Flashcards
(28 cards)
Population
The people in a given area
LIC
Lower Income Country
HIC
Higher income country
death rate
The number of people that die, per 1000 people, per year
birth rate
The number of babies born, per 1000 people, per year
natural change
The Birth Rate minus (-) the Death Rate
natural increase
Where the birth rate is higher than the death rate, so the population grows
Population distribution
How people are spread across an area (a pattern)
densely populated
Crowded, many people live here
sparsely populated
Few people live here
Population density
the average number of people per given area, e.g. people per km2 (a number
population structure
How a population is made up by age and by gender
population pyramid
A graph that shows numbers of male and female by age groups in a population
migration
The movement of people from one place to another
life expectancy
How many years on average a person can expect to live from birth
international migration
The movement of people from one country to another
pull factors
Advantages that pull people towards a place
push factors
Disadvantages that push people away from a place
migrant
Any person who moves
Immigrant
A person who moves into another country
emigrant
A person who moves out of a country (exit)
refugee
Any person forced from their home due to circumstances beyond their control, e.g. war or natural disasters
asylum seeker
Any person moving to another country to seek safety from persecution, false imprisonment or torture
economic migrant
Any person moving to another country to seek job opportunities voluntarily
