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13809577313populationA group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area0
13809577315population sizethe number of individuals inhabiting a given geographical area1
13809587679birth, immigrationways population size increases2
13809587680death, emigrationways population size decreases3
13809592581population densitythe number of individuals per unit area4
13809596475population growththe change in population size over time5
13809600517demographicsparameters that affect growth (known as vital statistics) including age structure, sex ratio (ratio of males to females), and death rate6
13809600518life historytraits that affect an organism's schedule of reproduction and survival, for example, how many offspring are produced per reproductive effort (humans: one on average; mice: twelve on average), or lifespan.7
13809654365carrying capacityLargest number of individuals of a population that a environment can support8
13809660660logistic growthGrowth pattern in which a population's growth rate slows or stops following a period of exponential growth9
13809663311exponential growthGrowth pattern in which the individuals in a population reproduce at a constant rate10
13809694919survivorship curveGraph showing the number of survivors in different age groups for a particular species.11
13809699465type 1 survivorshiplow death rate early and through midlife, followed by a sudden increase in old age (humans)12
13809708922type 2 survivorshipsteady death rate across all age groups (this is typical of songbirds, which have as good a chance of dying at any point in life);13
13809712647type 3 survivorshiphigh death rate in early life stages, with a sharp decrease in late age groups (amphibians)14
13809737036China, India, USmost populated countries15
13809741198Asia, Africa, Europemost populous continents16
13809744367crude birth rateThe total number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society.17
13809747317total fertility ratean estimate of the average number of children a woman will have throughout her life18
13809751809Replacement level fertilitythe number of children a couple must have to replace themselves19
138097552792.1replacement level fertility in developed countries20
138097585972.5replacement level fertility in developing countries21
13809815057pre-industrial stagelittle growth because of difficult living conditions such as poor nutrition, sanitation, and healthcare, and both birth and death rates are high22
13809818445transitional stateindustrialization begins, health care and sanitation improves, and death rates drop, but birth rates stay high (developing)23
13809825605industrial statebirth rates drop, slowing down population growth (developed)24
13809829617post-industrial stateas birth rates decline further, population growth is practically non-existent, so the population size might start decreasing (developed)25
13809839811age structurenumber of males and females of each age in a population26
13809843238rapid, slow, no, negativestages of age structure pyramid27

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