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population, 2024 Farrell
What is CBR?
the number of births per 1,000 people in a population
What is CDR?
the number of deaths per 1,000 people in a population
What is NIR?
the percent of a population that will grow per year excluding annual migration
What are population pyramids?
Graphs showing age structure and gender distribution of a population at a specific time. They help analyze trends and predict future growth ofW
What is an MEDC?
A more economically developed country.
What is an LEDC?
A less economically developed country.
What is a pro-natalist country?
A country that encourages a high birth rate, an example would be Canada and Spain.
What is an anti-natalist country?
A country that encourages family planning, an example would be Singapore and Vietnam.
What are 5 ways/policies to reduce family size?
Access to family planning
Awareness on population growth
One child policy
More jobs for women
More education
Why do some populations have large populations of younger people?
High Birth Rate populations tend to have a large population of younger people. Countries who don’t have access to family planning services.
What is the Boserupian Theory?
The theory that population growth is independent of food supply and that population increase is a cause of changes in agriculture
What is the Malthusian Theory?
The theory states that the supply of food cannot keep up with the growth of the human population, inevitably resulting in disease, famine, war, and calamity.
What kind of population pyramid does the United Kingdom have?
Lower birth rates, longer life expectancy, and an aging population.
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