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POPULATION DEFINITIONS
YEAR 7 GEOGRAPHY: POPULATION
DEFINITIONS:
1) Birth Rate2) Fertility Rate3) Death Rate4) Infant Mortality Rate5) Natural Change6) Life Expectancy
DEFINITIONS:
You will need to ensure you know these as you will be asked to define any one in future tests and exams.
DEFINITION 1: BIRTH RATE
The number of live births per 1,000 people per year.
Find the world’s highest and lowest 2 rates & the UK’s here and write them in your
book.
DEFINITION 2: FERTILITY RATE
The number of babies born to each woman
over the course of her reproductive years
(usually 15-49).
Find the world’s highest and lowest 2 rates & the UK’s here and write them in your
book.
DEFINITION 3: DEATH RATE
The number of deaths per 1,000 people per year.
Find the world’s highest and lowest 2 rates & the UK’s here and write them in your
book.
DEFINITION 4: INFANT MORTALITY
RATE
The number of deaths of children under 1
year of age per 1,000 live births per year.
Find the world’s highest and lowest 2 rates & the UK’s here and write them in your
book.
DEFINITION 5: NATURAL CHANGE
The change in the size of population caused by the interrelationship between
birth and death rates.
If there are more births than deaths, a population will grow. If there are more
deaths than births, a population will shrink.
Find the world’s highest and lowest 2 rates & the UK’s here and write them in your
book.
DEFINITION 6: LIFE EXPECTANCY
The average number of years that a person can expect to live from birth.
Find the world’s highest and lowest 2 rates & the UK’s here and write them in your
book.
