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migrate
To move from one place to another
birth rate
number of births per 1000 in a given population.
dense
Closely packed together
immigrant
a person who leaves one country to live in another
urban
related to life in a city
rural
related to farm areas and life in the countryside
census
an official count of a country's population
life expectancy
the number of years an individual on average will live
population
the number of people or other organisms in a place and their characteristics
sparse
not crowded; thinly populated
forced migration
migration that occurs when people have no choice but to leave their homes
reluctant migration
migration that occurs when people choose to leave their homes although they don't want to
voluntary migration
migration that occurs when people to choose to leave their homes perhaps for a better life in the new land
arable land
land that is good for growing crops
refugee
a person who flees their home because of persecution or danger
demography
the study of population through the use of statistics (numbers)
push factor
factor that drives people to leave one country and go to antother
pull factor
factor that draws people to a new country from their old country
line graph
type of graph that is best used to show change over time
exponential growth
a country whose population is increasing rapidly (1, 2, 4, 8 times) is said to be experiencing this
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