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The proportion of the population of each age
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The rate at which births occur in a population - measured as # born/time or % of births per population
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The rate at which deaths occur in a population - measured as # deaths/time or % of deaths per population
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Pattern of change in birth and death rates as a country is transformed from undeveloped to developed.
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The net increase of people in a given area for a given time
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Theoretical estimates of the number of humans that can "safely" inhabit the Earth
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The estimated average number of years that an individual can expect to live
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Population size in which births equal deaths and no net change in population
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The S - Shaped growth curve. Population grows quickly but slows down and population reaches a constant
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Genetically determined maximum possible age to which an individual of a species can live.
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A group of individuals of the same species living in the same area
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The study of changes in population sizes and the causes of these changes
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A group of individuals capable of interbreeding
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