The number of farmers per unit area of arable land.

Physiological Density

The number of people per unit area of arable land.

The ratio of the number of people who are too young or too old to work to the number of people in their productive years.

The ratio of males to females in a population.

Demographic Momentum/Population Momentum

The tendency for a growing population to continue growing after a fertility decline because of their young age distribution.

The maximum population size that the environment can sustain indefinitely.

Neolithic/Agricultural Revolution

The transition from nomadic life to settled farming that brought about significant changes in human society.

Industrial Revolution

The period of major industrialization that took place during the late 1700s and early 1800s.

A large increase in crop production in developing countries achieved by the use of fertilizers, pesticides, and high-yield crop varieties.

A situation in which the number of people exceeds the capacity of the environment to support life at a decent standard of living.

Demographic Transition Model (DTM)

A model that describes population change over time.

Crude Birth Rate (CBR)

The number of live births per year per 1,000 people.

Crude Death Rate (CDR)

The number of deaths per year per 1,000 people.

Natural Increase Rate (NIR)

The percentage by which a population grows in a year.

Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)

The number of deaths of infants under one year old per 1,000 live births.

Total Fertility Rate (TFR)

The average number of children a woman will have throughout her childbearing years.

The average number of years an individual is expected to live.

Zero Population Growth (ZPG)/Negative Growth

A condition in which the population neither grows nor declines.

A graphical illustration that shows the distribution of various age groups in a population.

An English scholar who theorized that population growth will always tend to outrun the food supply.

A Danish economist who argued that population growth can lead to agricultural innovation.

An American biologist known for his warnings about the consequences of population growth.

Advocates for population control programs to ensure resources for current and future populations.

Policies that encourage people to have more children.

Policies that discourage people from having more children.

Methods or devices used to prevent pregnancy.

Image of a crowd representing population concepts.

The generation that grew up during the Great Depression and fought in World War II.

The generation born post-World War II, approximately between 1946 and 1964.

The generation born after the Baby Boomers, approximately from the early-to-mid 1960s to the early 1980s.

Generation Y/Millennials

The generation born from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s to early 2000s.

The generation born from the mid-to-late 1990s to the early 2010s.

The study of how diseases spread and can be controlled in populations.

An epidemic is a disease outbreak in a specific community or region, while a pandemic is an outbreak that spreads across countries or continents.

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Demography/Demographer/Demographics

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The study of populations, including their size, distribution, and trends.

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Ecumene

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The portion of Earth's surface occupied by permanent human settlement.

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Census

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An official count or survey of a population, typically recording various details of individuals.

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Demographic Equation

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A formula that calculates population change. The formula is: Births - Deaths + Net Migration.

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Doubling Time

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The time required for a population to double in size.

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Exponential Population Growth

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Growth whose rate becomes ever more rapid in proportion to the growing total number or size.

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Arithmetic Density

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The total number of people divided by the total land area.

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