GEOGRAPHY - UNIT 3 - GLOSSARY

  • Birth rate: number of births over a year divide total population 1.000
  • Death rate: number of deaths over a year divide total population per 1.000
  • Natural increase: is the birth rate minus the death rate. It is expressed as a percentage
  • Infant mortality rate: number of deaths infants under age 1 divide the total life births in a year per 1.000
  • Life expectancy: the time between a person's birth and his or her death
  • Birth control: method of limiting the number of children you have
  • Dependent population: the people who rely on the working population for support.
  • Family panning: the process of controlling how many children you will have.
  • Population pyramids/age-gender structures: a serie of horizontal cohorts that illustrate the structure of a population. The cohorts are divided in age categories. Males are on the left and females are on the right.
  • Replacement rate: is the percentage of a worker's pre-retirement income that is paid out by a pension program upon retirement.
  • Dependency ratio: The dependency ratio is a measure showing the number of dependents, aged zero to 14 and over the age of 65, to the total population, aged 15 to 64.
  • Fertility rate: is the number of births divide the number of women ages 15-49 per 1.000
  • Ageing people: Ageing population is a phenomenon that occurs when the median age of a country or region increases due to rising life expectancy and/or declining fertility rates
  • Population distribution: the arrangement or spread of people living in a given area; also,how the population of an area is arranged according to variables such as age, race, or sex.
  • Population density: is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume.
  • MEDC: more economically developed country
  • LEDC: less economically developed country
  • Overpopulation: it has too many people for the amount of food, materials, and space available there.
  • Under population: population lower than is normal or desirable.

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