Population

• Population


  The number of people who live in a specified area

  
• Birth Rate


  the number of births per 1000 people per year

  
• Death Rate


  The number of deaths per 1000 people per year

  
• Rate of natural increase

  the death rate subtracted by birth rate

  
• population density


  the average number of people who live in a certain area

  
• urbanization


  the process of city development

  
• demographer


  a geographer who studies the characteristics of human populations

  
• habitable lands


  lands habitable for human living

  
• urban


  relating to, or located in, a city

  
• rural


  relating to the country or farming

  
• Age Structure


  Percentage of the population (or number of people of each gender) at each age level in a population

  
• Demography


  The study of the characteristics and changes in the size and structure of human populations

  
• Infant Mortality Rate


  The annual number of deaths of infants under 1 year of age per 1000 live births

  
• Overpopulation


  The situation where the existing population is too large to be adequately supported by available resources

  
• Population density


  The number of people per unit area

  
• Forced Migration


  This is when people have little choice but to migrate away from an area

  
• Birth Rate


  the number of births per 1000 people per year

  
• Death Rate


  The number of deaths per 1000 people per year

  
• Rate of natural increase

  the death rate subtracted by birth rate

  
• population distribution


  the spread or pattern of population in an area. It is a descriptive phrase.

  
• Densely populated


  An area that is crowded with lots of people.

  It will have a high population density.

  
• Sparsely Populated


  An area that has very few people.

  It will have a low population density.

  
• Elderly Dependents


  These are the elderly people in a society who depend on their families or the state.

  
• urban


  relating to, or located in, a city

  
• rural


  relating to the country or farming

  
• migration


  movement from one place to another with the intent of staying for a relatively long period of time

  
• L.I.C


  Low Income Country
• push factor


  the things that make you leave a area

  
• pull factor


  the things that attract you to a specific area

  
• H.I.C


  High Income Country
• Age Structure


  Percentage of the population (or number of people of each gender) at each age level in a population

  
• Life Expectancy


  The age to which the average person can expect to live to in a country.

  
• Infant Mortality Rate


  The annual number of deaths of infants under 1 year of age per 1000 live births

  
• Overpopulation


  The situation where the existing population is too large to be adequately supported by available resources

  
• In geography, population refers to the study of the characteristics of population distributions that change in a spatial context. This includes factors such as where populations are found and how the size and composition of these populations are regulated by demographic processes such as fertility, mortality, and migration.
• Population distribution describes the way in which people are spread out across space. The term 'distribution' implies that there is some pattern to this arrangement, rather than being randomly scattered over the earth's surface.
• Population density is defined as the ratio between the total population living within an area and the land area itself. It is usually expressed as persons per square kilometre or miles.
• Population growth occurs when more individuals are added to a population through natural increase (births minus deaths), immigration, or both. A declining population results from fewer new additions due to either lower birth rates or higher death rates.
• Population geography is a branch of human geography that focuses on the scientific study of people, their spatial distributions, and density. It closely examines the increase and decrease in population, people's movements over time, general settlement patterns, and other subjects such as occupation and how people form the geographic character of a place.
• Population geography is a cross-disciplinary field, drawing on geographical epistemologies related to environment, place, and space. It is closely related to demography, sociology, and economics, and also involves the study of human-environment interactions, including issues such as overpopulation.