Population
Define Birth rate
The number of babies born per 1,000 people per year
What is migration?
The movement of people from one area to another
What is a refugee?
Refugees are people who have fled war, violence, conflict or persecution and have crossed an international border to find safety in another country.
What is an asylum seeker?
a person who has left their home country as a political refugee and is seeking asylum in another.
BY 2050 MOST OF THE GLOBAL POPULATION GROWTH WILL OCCUR IN WHICH WORLD REGION?
More than half of the world’s population growth through 2050 is expected to occur in Africa
Define Death rate
The number of deaths per 1,000 people per year
What is Internal migration?
Migration within a country
2/3 of the world’s refugees come from just five countries. Which countries?
End 2019: Syria: 6.6 million, Afghanistan: 2.7 million, South Sudan: 2.2 million, Myanmar: 1.1 million, Venezuela: 3.7 million.
More refugees flee their homes in this country than any other.
Syria
THE WORLD POPULATION IN 2019 IS 7.7 BILLION. WHAT IS THE POPULATION EXPECTED TO BE BY 2050?
the United Nations shows global population reaching 9.7 billion by 2050.
The constant rising and falling of population
What is a "push factor"?
Something that makes someone want to leave an area, e.g. high crime rates
How many refugees live in countries neighbouring their countries of origin?
About 73% of refugees live in countries neighboring their countries of origin.
Nearly one person is forcibly displaced every ___ seconds
Nearly one person is forcibly displaced every two seconds as a result of conflict or persecution.
OUR PLANET IS IN “OVERSHOOT.” IT WOULD TAKE 1.7 EARTHS TO SUSTAIN OUR CURRENT POPULATION. HOW MANY EARTHS WOULD IT TAKE BY 2050 IF CURRENT RESOURCE CONSUMPTION TRENDS CONTINUE?
If current trends continue, we would need more than 3 Earths in 2050 to sustain our projected population.
What is Natural Increase?
When the birth rate exceeds the death rate and the population increases
What is a pull factor?
Something that attracts someone to an area, e.g. employment opportunities
Which countries are the top refugee-hosting countries?
Turkey: 3.6 million, Colombia: 1.8 million, Pakistan: 1.4 million. Developing countries host 85% of the world’s refugees, and the world’s least developed and poorest countries provide asylum to more than one fourth of all refugees
In September 2015, the Irish Government agreed to accept how many asylum seekers and refugees?
The Government agreed to accept up to 4,000 asylum seekers and refugees under the Irish Refugee Protection Programme at the earliest time possible.
The number of people living in a particular area at a particular point in time is known as the __________ of that area.
Population
What is natural decrease?
When the death rate exceeds the birth rate and the population decreases
Define an "Emigrate"
To leave one's own country to permanently live in another
How many people worldwide have been forced to flee their homes?
almost 79.5 million people are now forcibly displaced
Between January and June this year, how many migrants died attempting to cross the Mediterranean?
Between January and June this year, 555 migrants died attempting to cross the Mediterranean, according to the International Organization for Migration.
Last year, there were 924 deaths. The peak came in 2016 when 2,911 people died during the crossing.
This term refers to the way in which people are spread out over an area.
Population distribution