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11927483179demographyScientific study of human populations.0
11927494876immigrationMovement of individuals into a population1
11927501320emigrationMovement of individuals out of an area2
11927510266Crude Birth Rate (CBR)The number of live births per year per 1,000 people.3
11927515489Crude Death Rate (CDR)The number of deaths per year per 1,000 people.4
11927525052Doubling TimeThe number of years needed to double a population5
11927539194Halving Timethe time it would take for the population to be decreased by half6
11927583701Total Fertility Rate (TFR)The average number of children born to a woman during her childbearing years.7
11927594924Replacement-level fertilityThe number of children that a woman/couple must have in order to replace the number of people in the population who die8
11936397531Developed Countrya country with relatively high levels of industrialization and income9
11936408229Developing Countrya country with relatively low levels of industrialization and income10
11936416499Life ExpectancyThe average number of years an individual can be expected to live11
11936427417Infant Mortalitythe number of deaths of children under 1 year of age per 1,000 live births12
11936431809Child Mortalitythe number of deaths of children under age 5 per 1,000 live births13
11936442367Net Migrationthe difference between the number of immigrants and the number of emigrants14
11936448960Age Structure Diagramgraph of the numbers of males and females within different age groups of a population15
11936453871Population Momentumcontinued population growth after growth reduction measures have been implemented16
11936462584Theory of Demographic Transitionas a country moves from a subsistence economy to industrialization and increased affluence, it undergoes a predictable shift in population growth17
11936467635Affluencewealth18
11936471133Family PlanningProviding information, clinical services, and contraceptives to help people choose the number and spacing of children they want to have.19
11936479692IPAT equationImpact = Population x Affluence x Technology20
11936487241Gross Domestic Producta measure of the value of all products and services produced in a country in a year21
11936503521Thomas Malthus1798 said human population can outgrow food supply; result will be war, famine, disease.22
11936513866Garrett HardinWrote Tragedy of the Commons23
11936517753Tragedy of the Commons(1968 Essay by Garrett Hardin) the tendency of a shared, limited resource to become depleted because people act from self-interest for short-term gain24
11936549049Malthusian TrapMalthus's prediction that a rapidly increasing population will overuse natural resources, leading inevitably to disaster25

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