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| a measurement of the number of people per given unit of land |
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| Arithmetic Population Density |
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| the population of a country or region expressed as an average per unit area |
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| Physiological population density |
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| the number of people per unit area of arable land |
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| description of locations on the Earth’s surface where populations live |
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| maps where one dot represents a certain number of a phenomenon, such as a population |
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| term used to describe large coalescing super cities that are forming in diverse parts of the world |
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| a periodic and official count of a country’s population |
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| the time required for a population to double in size |
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| the rapid growth of the world’s human population during the past century, made by decreasing doubling times, and accelerating rates of increase |
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| population growth measured as the excess of live births over deaths |
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| the number of live births yearly per thousand people in a population |
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| the number of deaths yearly per thousand people in a population |
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| multistage model of changes in population growth exhibited by countries undergoing industrialization |
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| Stationary Population Level |
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| the level at which a national population ceases to grow |
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| Structure of a population in terms of age, sex and other properties such as marital status and education |
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| Representation of the age and sex composition of a population whereby the percentage of each age group is represented by a horizontal bar |
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| A figure that describes the number of babies that die within the first year of their lives in a given population |
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| A figure that describes the number of children that die between the first and fifth years of their lives in a given population |
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| A figure indicating how long, on average, a person may be expected to live |
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| Immune system disease caused by HIV which weakens immune system |
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| Generally long-lasting sickness now more common b/c of higher life expectancies |
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| Expansive Population Policies |
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| government policies that encourage large families and raise the rate of population growth |
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| Eugenic Population Policies |
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| Government policies designed to favor one racial sector over others |
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| Restrictive Population Policies |
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| Government policies designed to reduce the rate of natural increase |
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