population vocabulary terms A
What is Demographics
When people move to a different place inside the same country
What is internal migration
When people move from one place to another
What is migration
When the number of people in the place gets smaller because more people die than babies are born
What is population decline
The place where people move to
What is destination area
The total number of people living in a certain place
What is population
When people move to a different country.
What is external migration
How people are spread out over the Earth
What is distribution
How fast the number of people is going up or down
What is growth rate
When there are too many people in one place causing problems like not enough space or things to use.
What is overcrowding
How many people live in a certain area
What is population density
When people have to move because of War, disasters, or being treated badly.
What is Forced Migration
When people are spread out evenly in an area
What is even distribution
Reasons that make people want to leave a place
What is push factors
When many people live in a small area
What is high density
Entering a new country or region to settle there
What is immigration
When people live close together in some places and far apart in others
What is uneven distribution
reasons that make people want to move to a place
What is pull factors
When only a few people live in a large area
What is low density
Leaving one country or region to settle in another
What is Emigration
When the number of people in a place gets bigger, because more babies are born than people die
What is population growth
the place where people start their move
what is origin area