What on the Test/Study Guide:
- Crude Birth Rate= number of births per 1,000 of the population
- Crude Death Rate= number of deaths per 1,000 of the population
- Rate of Natural Increase= subtract the death rate from the birth rate, divide by 10 (the annual Growth Rate
- Net Migration Rate= the difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during a year
- Immigration= an excess of persons entering the country
- Emigration= an excess of persons leaving the country
- Push Forces= reasons for leaving
- Examples:
- Wars
- Unemployment
- Religious
- Pull Forces= reasons for staying
- Examples:
- Better economic opportunity
- Health Care
- Political freedom
- Total Fertility Rate= average number of children born (per woman). For the population to stay the same it needs to stay at 2.1
- Population Pyramids= a graph to analyze growth/decline of fertility, population, and growth in migration.
- "The Tree"
- Growth rates are slow
- High birth rate
- short life expectance
- Examples:
- Namibia (Africa)
- "The Box"
- Low infant mortality
- Slow population growth
- Long life expectancy
- Examples:
- U.S.A.
- Sweden
- "The Cup"
- Low birth rate
- Shrinking population
- Long life expectancy
- Examples:
- Italy
- Germany
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