Population growth

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    • Birth rate is the average number of live births per 1000 people per year
    • Death rate is the average number of deaths per 1000 people per year
    • Growth rate = birth rate - death rate
    • 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 1,000 per year
    • Urbanisation is the proportion of people living in towns or cities
    • A megacity has over 10 million people
    • Pull factors attract people to a place, while push factors repel people from a place
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