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Annalist Policies
Encourage people to have smaller families bring down fertility rates and reduce the number of birth
Asylum Seeker
Someone leaving persecution or conflict and looking for international procetion
Baby Boom
Individuals born in the U.S. between 1946 and 1964 (after WWll) during a time where relative peace and prosperity were thriving.
Baby Bust
The period from 1964 to around 1980.
Baby Echo
Large population of babies created by the children of the Baby Boomers.
Birth Deficit
A name from when crude death rate exceeds the crude birth rate
Brain Drain
The loss of human capital from one place to another or one company to another
Carrying Capacity
The max number of people who can realistically sustained by the geography of that area
Census
A survey of the total population of a region done by a governing body
Chain Migration
Migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there.
Crude Birth Rate
The number of live births occurring during a year per day
Crude Death Rate
The number of deaths yearly per 1,000 people in a given population