Population Geography

The number of live births per total population, often expressed per thousand population

• death rate
• birthrate
• mortality rate
• population increase rate

The average number of children a woman of childbearing years would have in her lifetime, if she had children at the current rate for her country

• birthrate
• infant birth rate
• rate of natural increase
• fertility rate

The number of deaths among infants under age one as measured per thousand live births

• infant mortality rate
• death rate
• rate of natural decrease
• carrying capacity

The number of deaths per thousand

• rate of natural decrease
• carrying capacity
• mortality rate
• population density

The rate at which population is growing, found by subtracting the mortality rate from the birthrate. (Also called population growth rate.)

• population density
• rate of natural increase
• pull rate
• push rate

A graphic device that shows gender and age distribution of a population

• population pyramid
• carrying capacity
• population density
• population map

A factor that causes people to leave their homelands and migrate to another region

• push factor
• pull factor

A factor that draws or attracts people to another location

• push factor
• pull factor

The number of organisms a piece of land can support without negative effects

• population threshold
• habitable land
• uninhabitable land
• carrying capacity

The average number of people who live in a measurable area, reached by dividing the number of inhabitants in an area by the amount of land they occupy

• carrying capacity
• GDP
• population density
• GNP