Population Distribution
Population Density
A country with an advanced economy and a high standard of living is categorized as this...
Developed Country
The average number of births per 1000 people, the traditional way of measuring birth rates.
Crude Birth Rate (CBR)
Designed to boost fertility rates and ultimately population growth
Pro-Natalist Policies
The act of a migrant leaving their place of origin.
Emigration
The number of people a particular environment of Earth as a whole can support on a sustainable basis
Carrying Capacity
A country with a relatively low income or economically poorer than developed countries are categorized as this...
Developing Country
The number of deaths per year per 1000 people
Crude Death Rate (CDR)
Policies designed to curtail population growth by reducing fertility rates.
Anti-Natalist Policies
The act of a migrant arriving at their destination country
Immigration
The balancing point given the distribution of a population
Mean Center of Distribution
A city with more than 20 million residents
Meta City
The difference between the number of births and deaths in a given year, when expressed as a percentage of the population.
People who reject the Malthusian view of population and resources
Cornucopians
A phenomenon where a country or place loses young, more educated, and skilled people through migration.
Brain Drain
The number of dependents in a population that every 100 working-age people (ages 15-64) must support
Dependency Ratio
A city with 10-20 million residents
A measure of how many infants die within the first year of their life per 1000 births
Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)
The people who today subscribe to the Malthusian view of population
Neo-Malthusian
A phenomenon where a country or place increases young, more educated, and skilled people through migration.
Brain Gain
The average number of people per unit area of arable land.
Physiological Density
Heavily populated areas that illustrate the unevenness in global population distribution; geographers have identified four of these on earth, including South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Europe. These are called...
Population Clusters
The average number of children born per woman during their reproductive lifetime, considered to be from 15 to 49 years of age.
Total Fertility Rate (TFR)
The idea that an increase in food production will result from the use of new farming methods.
Boserup Effect
All forms of geographical movement, including people's everyday commuting and travels
Spatial Mobility