Geography - Rates

• Fertility rate is the number of children born alive to an average woman within her lifetime
• Population birth rate: The rate at which a population grows each year
• Birth rate is the number of live births per 1000 people in the population for that year
• Death rate is the number of deaths per 1000 people per year
• Life expectancy is the average number of years a person is expected to live
• Infant mortality rate: The number of deaths of children under one year of age per 1000 live births
• Natutal increase: The difference between the number of live births and deaths each year