Factors Determining Human Population Growth

These flashcards cover key vocabulary and concepts related to human population growth as discussed in the lecture notes.

Fertility

The actual production of offspring in a population.

Fecundity

The physical ability to reproduce.

Crude birth rate

The number of births in a year per thousand persons in a population, not adjusted for population characteristics.

Total fertility rate

The number of children born to an average woman in a population during her entire reproductive life.

Zero population growth (ZPG)

Occurs when births plus immigration equal deaths plus emigration, requiring several generations of replacement-level fertility.

Population momentum

The continued population growth that occurs as a result of a large number of young people in a population.

Crude death rates (mortality rates)

The number of deaths per thousand persons in any given year.

Life span

The oldest age to which a species is known to survive.

Life expectancy

The average age that a newborn infant can be expected to attain in a given society.