Population Key Terms

Percentage of the population (or number of people of each gender) at each age level in a population.

• Age Structure

• Migration

• Birth Rate

• Demographics

The total number of live births in a year for every 1000 people in a population per year.

• Death Rate

• Birth Rate

• Fertility Rate

• Life Expectancy

The annual number of children under the age of five years who die per 1000 live births; also known as the under-5 mortality rate.

• Death Rate

• Demographic standard

• Child Mortality Rate

• Urban Growth

The total number of deaths per 1000 people in a population per year.

• Death Rate

• Child Mortality Rate

• Fertility Rate

• Deaths per country

Changes in the size, composition, rates of growth, and density of population; changes to fertility and mortality rates; and changes to patterns of migration.

• Demographic Changes

• Death Rate

• Fertility Rate

• Population Structure

The theory that relates the process of industrialisation to declining death rates followed by declines in birth rates

• Infant Mortality Rate

• Death Rate

• Migration

• Demographic Transition

The study of the characteristics and changes in the size and structure of human populations.

• Demography

• Population

• People Study

• Urbanisation

The average number of children a woman will have during her reproductive years.

• Birth Rate

• Fertility Rate

• Population growth

• Birth Decline

The annual number of deaths of infants under 1 year of age per 1000 live births.

• Infant Mortality Rate

• Population Growth

• Death Rate

• Infant Birth Rate

The average number of years a newborn infant can expect to live.

• Birth Number

• Population Growth

• Life Expectancy

• Overpopulation