Population Vocabulary

The average number of children a women will have in her lifetime

• fertility rate

• birth rate

• population denisity

• population pyramid

The average number of years a person born today could expect to live under the current death rates

• Death Rate

• Life Expectancy

• Doubling Time

• Fertility Rate

the number of live births per one thousand of population per year

• Death Rate

• Birth Rate

• Fertility Rate

• Doubling Time

The number of deaths per thousand of population per year

• Birth Rate

• Death Rate

• Fertility Rate

• Life Expectancy

The amount of time it take for a population to double in size (multiply by 2)

• Doubling Time

• Fertility Rate

• Population Pyramid

• Population Density

The number of people living in a specific unit land area

• Doubling Time

• Fertility Rate

• Population Density

• Population Pyramid

Shows the distribution of various age groups in a population, which forms the shape of a pyramid when the population is growing.

• Population Pyramid

• Population Density

• Doubling Time

• Fertility Rate

Shows the distribution of various age groups in a population, which forms the shape of a pyramid when the population is growing.

• Population Density

• Population Pyramid

• Birth Rate

• Death Rate

People moving from one place to another

• Migration

• Immigration

• Emigration

• Pull Factors

People moving into a country

• Migration

• Immigration

• Emigration

• Pull Factor