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| 14137305503 | population density | the number of people living in a given area | 0 | |
| 14137305504 | population distribution | how a population is spread out over a given area | 1 | |
| 14137305505 | child mortality | amount of children dying before the age of 5 | 2 | |
| 14137305506 | infant mortality | amount of children dying within the first year of life | 3 | |
| 14137305507 | demographics | statistical data relating to the population and particular groups within it, eg. age, sex, income. | 4 | |
| 14137305531 | Demographic Transition Model; DTM |  | 5 | |
| 14137305508 | migration | movement of people from one place to another | 6 | |
| 14137305509 | immigrant | a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country | 7 | |
| 14137305510 | migrant | a person moving from place to place | 8 | |
| 14137305511 | refugee | a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster | 9 | |
| 14137305512 | dependancy ration | the number of people who are too young or too old to work compared to the number of people working | 10 | |
| 14137305532 | population pyramid |  | 11 | |
| 14137305513 | anti-natalist policy | a policy that tries to reduce birth rates | 12 | |
| 14137305514 | pro-natalst policy | a policy that tries to increase birth rates | 13 | |
| 14137305515 | ageing population | a population with a rising average age | 14 | |
| 14137305516 | population explosion | a sudden large increase in the size of a population, 1950-1960 | 15 | |
| 14137305517 | over population | when the number of people in an area exceeds the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living | 16 | |
| 14137305518 | under population | having a population lower than is normal or desirable, more resources are available than people | 17 | |
| 14137305519 | optimum population | when the population and resources are perfectly matched | 18 | |
| 14137305520 | the malthus theory | claims-that worlds population is growing much more quickly than earth's food supply (1798) | 19 | |
| 14137305521 | ester boserup's theory | states that humanity will find a way of survival if needed "necessity is the mother of invention" | 20 | |
| 14137305522 | causes of high birth rates | lack of contraceptives, argriculture based society, children caring for eldery | 21 | |
| 14137305523 | causes of low birth rates | available contraception, women emancipation, reduced infant mortality, children become expensive | 22 | |
| 14137305524 | natural increase/decrease | the growth rate of a population; birth rate - death rate | 23 | |
| 14137305525 | young population | when most of the population is under 16 | 24 | |
| 14137305526 | incentives | an action or reward that motivates one to act a certain way | 25 | |
| 14137305527 | pro-natalist policy in france incentives | financial support to big families, benefits, pensions for house wives | 26 | |
| 14137305528 | anti-natalist policy in china incentives | praised and supported one child mothers, fined and arested mothers with more than one child | 27 | |
| 14137305529 | problems of ageing population | money goes to pensions and care homes | 28 | |
| 14137305530 | problems of young population | increased dependancy ratio, government needs to provide care so parents can go back to work, education and health care expenses on government | 29 |
