Population Statistics
The average number of kids that a woman has through her years that she can have a child.
What is total fertility rate?
A statistic of total population to the amount of land.
What is population density?
Voluntary movement of people to a specific location because family members of the same nationality previously migrated there.
What is chain migration?
Top third and bottom third are smaller than the rest of the pyramid. Mostly found in countries with good healthcare and long life expectancy.
What is a population decline pyramid?
The maximum amount of people that an environment can withstand.
What is carrying capacity?
The total amount of births in a year for every 1,000 people in the area.
What is the crude birth rate?
Number of farmers to the amount of farm able land.
What is agricultural density?
What is immigration?
A pyramid with a large base that represents short life expectancy and under developed countries.
What is a rapid growth population pyramid?
The average amount of years a person is expected to live in a society.
What is life expectancy?
The total amount of people that die in a year for every 1000 people in the area.
What is crude death rate?
The amount of people is divided by the total amount of land area.
What is arithmetic density?
Movement or migration from a place or location.
What is emigration?
The population pyramid would show high percentages of men aged 20-40.
What are the characteristics of a military area in a population pyramid?
An immigrant that is traveling legally most of the time for more job opportunities.
What is a guest worker?
The amount of kids that die between the ages 1 and 5 in a given population.
What is the child mortality rate?
Pressure on the farm-able land, resources, water and food supply.
A movement that is permanent and is usually because of cultural factors.
What is forced migration?
Little change in lower section of the pyramids and mostly found in developed countries.
What is a slow growth population pyramid?
The number of people is above the carrying capacity of the environment.
What is the natural increase rate?
The amount of people per unit area of farm-able land.
What is physiological density?
A cultural or environmental factor that prevents migration.
What is an intervening obstacle?
Shows a relatively equal population distribution, not leaning towards rapid growth or decline. Found in developing countries and developed.
What is a moderate growth population pyramid?
English economist who believed the world's rate of population increase would outrun the food supply rate.
Who is Thomas Malthus?