term | definition |
synthesis | merging and combination of things |
content | information regarding topic |
context | pre-requisite information |
concept | ideas/extension |
population | all the inhabitants of a particular place |
population distribution | the pattern of where people live |
development | improvement in someone’s quality of life |
population density | the measure of population per unit measurement (usually km2) |
population change | the change in the number of people in a specified area during a specific time period |
birth rate | the amount of live births per 1,000 people per year |
death rate | the amount of deaths per 1,000 people per year |
Natural Increase | the number of people added to the population per 1,000 people per year (birth rate – death rate) |
fertility rate | average number of births per woman 15-49 across their lifetime |
Crude birth rate | The total number of live births per 1000 population per year. Birth Rate: The total number of live births per 1000 women per year. |
Crude death rate | The total number of deaths per 1000 people in a year. Death rate can be measured using Infant mortality rate, Child mortality rate, Crude death rate and Life expectancy. |
Child mortality rate | Child mortality rate is the number of children dying before reaching five years of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year. |
Infant mortality rate | Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year. |
Life expectancy | The average number of years a person is expected to live. |
replacement level | amount of fertility needed to keep the population the same eg. 2.1 children per woman |
Epidemiological transition | The change from infectious disease to degenerative disease is called |
Dependency Support Ratio | Relationship between economically active (working) and non economically active (dependant) |
Megacity | City with population over 10 million |
Urbanisation | the process of an area becoming more urban |
Society | the collection of people living together in an ordered manner |
Gender equality | the state in which access to rights or opportunities is unaffected by gender |
Anti-trafficking | the process of preventing the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act |
Migration | the movement of people from one place to another, either permanently, seasonally, voluntarily or forced. It involves a change in residence. Daily commuters are not generally considered migrants. |
Internal Migration | Movement of people within a country. This is could be rural-urban, urban-urban, urban-rural or rural-rural migration. |
Voluntary migration | The free movement of people from one place to another, mostly in the form of rural-urban migration). Rural-urban migration could be due to the following factors: |
Population Projection | An estimate of the future population of a country based on current age-gender structure, mortality and migration. |
Doubling Time | The time taken for a population to double assuming natural growth rate is constant. |
Population Momentum | The tendency for a population to grow despite falling birth and fertility rates. |
Refugees | People who have been forced to leave their country or home to another country. According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, there are about 25.9million refugees worldwide |
Asylum seeker | Someone who has left his or her country to seek protection from another country as a refugee but whose status is yet to be determined. |
Climate refugees | A subset of environmental migrants who were forced to flee “due to sudden or gradual alterations in the natural environment related to at least one of three impacts of climate change: sea-level rise, extreme weather events, and drought and water scarcity. ” |
Trafficked People | People who have been moved by human traffickers with the promise of lucrative jobs abroad as well as greener pastures but upon arrival, they end up becoming sex slaves etc |
Internally displaced people (IDPs) | Individuals leaving their homes due to conflicts or natural disasters. (Leaving their home to settle in their home country) |
Development Displacees | People compelled to move as a result of a developmental project such as the building of a dam or highway etc. |
Sex Ratios | The ratio of males to females in a given population. Or, it is the number of males per 100 females in a population. |
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