definitions

Cards (19)

  • doubling time
    the amount of time in which a given population will double, based on its annual growth rate
  • Dependency ratio
 
    The percentage of the population too young or too old to work who are dependent on those of working age 
    • Median age
 
    The age that divides the population in half, with as many people above as below 
    • Fertility rate
 
    Average number of children a woman will have throughout her reproductive life 
  • Mortality rate
 
    Death rate; number of people dying per 1000 in the population 
  • Birth rate
 
    Number of live births per 1000 population 
  • Replacement fertility rate
 
    Two children per woman, the accepted rate for a population to replace itself 
  • Family planning
 
    The practice of controlling the number of children in a family and the intervals between their births, particularly by means of contraception or voluntary sterilization 
  • Life expectancy
 
    The average number of years a person is expected to live 
  • Infant mortality
 
    The number of deaths of infants under one year old per 1,000 live births 
  • Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
 
    The monetary value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country's borders in a specific time period 
  • Gross National Product (GNP)
 
    A measure of a country's economic performance, including income earned by residents from overseas investments, minus income earned within the domestic economy by overseas residents
  • Human Development Index (HDI)
 
    A summary measure of a country's average achievements in three basic dimensions: health/life expectancy, access to knowledge, and a decent standard of living
  • Gender-related Development Index (GDI)
 
    Measures achievement in the same basic capabilities as the HDI, but takes note of inequality in achievement between women and men 
  • Sustainable development
 
    Development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs 
  • Per capita income
 
    The income earned per person in a given population, often used to measure a country's standard of living 
  • Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
 
    The monetary value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country's borders in a specific time period 
  • Anti-natalist policies
 
    Measures and methods utilised by a country which are designed to reduce population growth.
  • Population control
 
    Policies and strategies designed to limit or increase natural increase in a population