*The number of live births per one thousand people in the population.

(a)  

*The number of deaths per one thousand people in the population.

(a)  

*(Birth rate - death rate)/10 - a positive NIR means a population is growing and a negative NIR means a population is shrinking.

(a)  

*Distinctive causes of death in each stage of the Demographic

Transition Model (DTM) stages.

(a)  

The number of people per unit of arable land.

(a)  

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

(a)  

The maximum population size that the environment

can sustain.

(a)  

*When the number of people being born plus immigrants entering a population equals the number of people dying plus emigrants leaving it over a specific period. (Stage 4 DTM)

(a)  

*Medical technology invented in Europe and North America that

is diffused to the poorer countries of Latin America, Asia, and

Africa. Improved medical practices have eliminated many of the

traditional causes of death in poorer countries and enabled more

people to live longer and healthier lives.

(a)