WORLD POPULATION
AGE GROUP
Classification
of the opulation by age. The most common clssification is into three groups:
children (0-14 years), people of working age (15-64) and older people (over 65).
AGEING
POPULATION
A population
in which the proportion of older people increases because people live longer
and fewer babies are born.
ANTINATALIST
POLICY
A series of
measures aimed at reducing the birth rate, for example by using family planning
and the distribution of contraceptives.
BIRTH RATES
The number of
births in a population over a year..
BRAIN DRAIN
The emigration
of well-qualified people with technical skills.
CENSUS
An official
enumeration of how many people there are in a country in a particular year.
DATA
Information
that can be measured and studied.
DEFORESTATION
The
large-scale destruction of forests.
DEMOGRAPHIC
TRANSITION
The stage
in country’s development when its
economy grows, and its mortality rate and birth rate both fall.
DEMOGRAPHY
The scientific
study of population.
DEPOPULATION
Considerable
loss of population in an area.
DEVELOPED
COUNTRY
An advanced
society with a high level of economic development.
DEVELOPING
COUNTRY
A por country
with a low level of economic development.
EMIGRANT
A person who
leaves their home t olive and work in a different country.
EMIGRATION
The departure
of people t olive and work in another country.
EPIDEMIC
The outbreak
of a disease that affects large numbers of people.
FERTILITY
RATE
The average
number of babies born to women during the period when they can have children.
IMMIGRANT
A person who
arrives in a new country t olive and work there.
INMIGRATION
The arrival of
immigrants t olive and work in a new country.
INDICATOR
Information
that demonstrates a trend.
LIFE
EXPECTANCY
The average
number of years a person is likely to be.
MAFIA
An organised
criminal group operating especially in Italy and the United States.
MIGRATION
The long-term
movement of people from one are ato another.
MORTALITY
RATE
The number of
deaths in a population over a year.
NATURE
INCREASE
The difference
between the number of births and th number of deaths in a population.
NET
MIGRATION
The difference
between the number of emigrants and immigrants in a region.
OVERPOPULATION
Excessive
population growth that causes problems for the environment.
PER
Aterm used for
numbers or periods of time, meaning “for each”.
POPULATION
All the people
living in a particular area.
POPULATION
DENSITY
The number of
inhabitants in an area per square kilometre.
POPULATION
PYRAMID
Agraph showing
a population by age and gender.
PRONATALIST
POLICY
A series of
measures aimed at increasing the birth rate, for example by giving large
families reductions in taxes.
RACISM
Prejudice
against people because of their skin colour or racial origin.
RATE
Ameasurement
of how something changes over a period of time.
REFUGEE
A person who
leaves their home because of war, political persecution or a natural disaster.
RURAL
EXODUS
The migration
of people leaving the countryside t olive in cities.
SLAVE TRADE
The
transportation of Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to work as slaves in
America.
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