IGCSE Population homework

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Here is a list of the key terms that you must revise for an examination next lesson:

Birth Rate: The average number of births per thousand of the population per year
Death Rate: The average number of deaths per thousand of the population per year
Natural Increase: Birth rate minus death rate
Overpopulation: Too many people for the utilised or potential resources and technology available Under population: Too few people for the utilised or potential resources and technology available
Optimum population: Size of population which permits the full utilisation of the natural resources for the area
Life expectancy: The number of years that the average person born in a particular country can be expected to live
Population distribution: The way in which people are spread out across the world
Population density: The average number of people living in a sq km
Densely populated: An area that is crowded
Sparsely populated: An area that has few people living in it
Infant mortality rate: Number of infants per thousand that die before being 1 year old
Migration: Movement of people from on place to another for a period of time
Dependent population: The proportion of the population that is not economically active (under 16 and over 64 years of age)
Active population: Economically active percent of the population (16-64 years old)
Push factors: Factors which cause people to leave a place
Immigration: Entering and settling in a country or region which is not native
Emigrant: A person who leaves their country to settle in another

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