definitions

• 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