Population Vocabulary
Aging population - a population that has more people aged 65 and over that those that are 18 and under **
Birth Rate - this is how many babies are born per every 1000 people per year **
Cluster - a group of people clumped/pushed together
Cohort - a group of people who are around the same age
Contraception - this is a form of birth control such as a condom that helps prevent pregnancy and lower birth rates **
Death Rate - this is how many people die for every 1000 people per year **
Demographer - this is a person who studies population changes and causes
Demographic Transition Model - this is the graph that shows the major changes that have occurred in population and birth rates **
Densely Populated - this means that people are pushed together or packed in closely in an area **
Depopulation - when birth rate goes below death rate and a population slowly decreases or goes down **
Doubling Time - the amount of time for a population to double, based on annual growth rate, to determine doubling time, divide the growth rate as a percentage into 70. i.e., a growth rate of 3.5 represents a doubling time of 20 years **
Fertility Rate - this is how many babies are born to women aged 15- 44 every year **
Infant Mortality Rate - this is how many babies die each year in a population **
Life Expectancy - this is the age someone is likely to live to based on where they currently live **
Mortality - this looks at how many deaths have occurred in a certain time frame and can include the specific cause of death, gender or age as well **
Natural Increase - this is the rate at which a population is growing, it refers to the difference between the number of live births and the number of deaths occurring in a year, divided by the mid-year population of that year, and multiplied by a factor (usually 1,000) **
Overpopulation - this is when there are too many people in an area and there are not enough resources to support everyone **
Population Density - how closely people are packed into an area **
Population Distribution - the way that people are spread out across an area **
Population Explosion - when an area has a large baby boom, migration or increase in people and likely grows too fast for the area to handle it properly **
Population Growth Rate - to find out how much a population has grown you subtract how many people there is at the beginning of the year from how many people there is at the end of the year, take that number and divide it by the starting population to get a decimal answer, then multiply it by 100 and this will give you a percentage to determine growth rate, the average growth rate of an area is usually between 1 - 8 % **
Rule of 70 - this is used to calculate how long it will take for a population to double based on their growth rate, so you take 70 and divide it by the population growth rate to have an estimate of how long it will take, in years, for the country's population to double. **
Sanitation - this means to keep an area clean and bacteria free to help prevent diseases and sickness, this can includes washing hands, throwing away garbage, flushing a toilet, wiping down a counter or floor etc.. **
Sparsely Populated - this means that an area does not have many people in it and they are quite spaced out, often this refers to people in the countryside **
Sustainability (Sustainable) - this means good use or practices so that a resource or product will last a long time and there is a balance that can be maintained **
Threshold population - the minimum number of people needed in an area to be able to support a business **
Young population - a population that has more people aged 18 and under than those that are 65 and over **
Youth - a name for those that fall between the ages of 13 - 19 years old **
Birth Rate - this is how many babies are born per every 1000 people per year **
Cluster - a group of people clumped/pushed together
Cohort - a group of people who are around the same age
Contraception - this is a form of birth control such as a condom that helps prevent pregnancy and lower birth rates **
Death Rate - this is how many people die for every 1000 people per year **
Demographer - this is a person who studies population changes and causes
Demographic Transition Model - this is the graph that shows the major changes that have occurred in population and birth rates **
Densely Populated - this means that people are pushed together or packed in closely in an area **
Depopulation - when birth rate goes below death rate and a population slowly decreases or goes down **
Doubling Time - the amount of time for a population to double, based on annual growth rate, to determine doubling time, divide the growth rate as a percentage into 70. i.e., a growth rate of 3.5 represents a doubling time of 20 years **
Fertility Rate - this is how many babies are born to women aged 15- 44 every year **
Infant Mortality Rate - this is how many babies die each year in a population **
Life Expectancy - this is the age someone is likely to live to based on where they currently live **
Mortality - this looks at how many deaths have occurred in a certain time frame and can include the specific cause of death, gender or age as well **
Natural Increase - this is the rate at which a population is growing, it refers to the difference between the number of live births and the number of deaths occurring in a year, divided by the mid-year population of that year, and multiplied by a factor (usually 1,000) **
Overpopulation - this is when there are too many people in an area and there are not enough resources to support everyone **
Population Density - how closely people are packed into an area **
Population Distribution - the way that people are spread out across an area **
Population Explosion - when an area has a large baby boom, migration or increase in people and likely grows too fast for the area to handle it properly **
Population Growth Rate - to find out how much a population has grown you subtract how many people there is at the beginning of the year from how many people there is at the end of the year, take that number and divide it by the starting population to get a decimal answer, then multiply it by 100 and this will give you a percentage to determine growth rate, the average growth rate of an area is usually between 1 - 8 % **
Rule of 70 - this is used to calculate how long it will take for a population to double based on their growth rate, so you take 70 and divide it by the population growth rate to have an estimate of how long it will take, in years, for the country's population to double. **
Sanitation - this means to keep an area clean and bacteria free to help prevent diseases and sickness, this can includes washing hands, throwing away garbage, flushing a toilet, wiping down a counter or floor etc.. **
Sparsely Populated - this means that an area does not have many people in it and they are quite spaced out, often this refers to people in the countryside **
Sustainability (Sustainable) - this means good use or practices so that a resource or product will last a long time and there is a balance that can be maintained **
Threshold population - the minimum number of people needed in an area to be able to support a business **
Young population - a population that has more people aged 18 and under than those that are 65 and over **
Youth - a name for those that fall between the ages of 13 - 19 years old **
Population Questions
1. What changes/advancements have been made over time that have allowed us to reach 7 billion?
2. What were Thomas Malthus' beliefs about population?
3. If our population is not considered to be "controlled" how come our overall population keeps growing so fast?
4. How does the growing population affect developed and developing countries - what problems or complications does it bring?
5. Is our world overpopulated?
6. What population controls are we using today? What are
people's attitudes toward population control? Is it fair to a humans' rights to control a population?
7. What benefits might there be from population growth?
8. What reasons are there for high or low birth rates, death rates and life expectancy?
2. What were Thomas Malthus' beliefs about population?
3. If our population is not considered to be "controlled" how come our overall population keeps growing so fast?
4. How does the growing population affect developed and developing countries - what problems or complications does it bring?
5. Is our world overpopulated?
6. What population controls are we using today? What are
people's attitudes toward population control? Is it fair to a humans' rights to control a population?
7. What benefits might there be from population growth?
8. What reasons are there for high or low birth rates, death rates and life expectancy?
Population Websites
1. Try comparing two countries side by side:
http://www.aneki.com/comparison.php
2.Where are the young populations in the world:
http://world.bymap.org/YoungPopulation.html
3. Where are the aging populations in the world:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/46010334/Countries_With_Aging_Populations
4. What is the cleanest country, the most expensive city, the lowest crime rate... look at this page and explore 3 - 5 of the topics: http://www.aneki.com/lists.html
5. What are some of the biggest cities in the world- consider why these 2 different websites have different answers:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/11/the-worlds-largest- megaci_n_713185.html#s137725&title=1_Tokyo_Japan
http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/bigcities.htm
6. What countries in the world have the largest populations: http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/populations/ctypopls.htm
7. Try population GAMES for practice:
http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/activities/population.html
http://geographyworldonline.com/populationgames.html
http://www.sporcle.com/games/subcategory/population
8. Test yourself with these population vocabulary quizzes:
http://www.ined.fr/en/everything_about_population/play_population/quiz/
http://www.vocabtest.com/vocabulary_word_test.php?tid=91932
http://dynamo.dictionary.com/147813/human-population-vocabulary#
http://quizlet.com/1288619/test/
9. Population Article : background reading
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericagies/2011/10/31/why-im-not-having-kids-and-you-shouldnt-either/
10. How rich are you compared to the rest of the world?
http://www.globalrichlist.com/
11. Unique ways to control/think about pregnancy(population): would showing endangered species on condoms help people think about our world and environment?
http://www.endangeredspeciescondoms.com/
12. What is the global population situation:
http://www.worldpopulationbalance.org/global_population
13. Exploring why population matters and all the areas that it affects:
http://populationmatters.org/
14. Issues relating to population- environmental preservation, HIV/AIDS, Family Planning, Women Empowerment, Child Protection, The Millennium Development Goals:
http://www.populationmedia.org/issues/
15. Population Infographics:
Population Growth: http://www.upack.com/press/population-growth/
World Population Clusters: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cealigbe/4640792371/
Top 75 populated countries: http://www.scribd.com/doc/70395566/Infographic-World-Population
Wealth affects health & family size: http://www.prb.org/Articles/2012/population
-economic-development-infographic.aspx
7 Billion divided by Country and Money: http://nerdgraphics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/7-billion-people.jpg
Population Projections & Fertility Rates: http://graphics.thomsonreuters.com/RNGS/2011/OCT/POP1_BH.jpg
Women & Family Planning: http://vitaminw.co/health/infographic-family-planning-saves-lives-women-and-children
The Strange History of Birth Control: http://charmistry.com/infographic/the-history-of-birth-control/#axzz2DLj1q7aT
http://www.aneki.com/comparison.php
2.Where are the young populations in the world:
http://world.bymap.org/YoungPopulation.html
3. Where are the aging populations in the world:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/46010334/Countries_With_Aging_Populations
4. What is the cleanest country, the most expensive city, the lowest crime rate... look at this page and explore 3 - 5 of the topics: http://www.aneki.com/lists.html
5. What are some of the biggest cities in the world- consider why these 2 different websites have different answers:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/11/the-worlds-largest- megaci_n_713185.html#s137725&title=1_Tokyo_Japan
http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/bigcities.htm
6. What countries in the world have the largest populations: http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/populations/ctypopls.htm
7. Try population GAMES for practice:
http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/activities/population.html
http://geographyworldonline.com/populationgames.html
http://www.sporcle.com/games/subcategory/population
8. Test yourself with these population vocabulary quizzes:
http://www.ined.fr/en/everything_about_population/play_population/quiz/
http://www.vocabtest.com/vocabulary_word_test.php?tid=91932
http://dynamo.dictionary.com/147813/human-population-vocabulary#
http://quizlet.com/1288619/test/
9. Population Article : background reading
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericagies/2011/10/31/why-im-not-having-kids-and-you-shouldnt-either/
10. How rich are you compared to the rest of the world?
http://www.globalrichlist.com/
11. Unique ways to control/think about pregnancy(population): would showing endangered species on condoms help people think about our world and environment?
http://www.endangeredspeciescondoms.com/
12. What is the global population situation:
http://www.worldpopulationbalance.org/global_population
13. Exploring why population matters and all the areas that it affects:
http://populationmatters.org/
14. Issues relating to population- environmental preservation, HIV/AIDS, Family Planning, Women Empowerment, Child Protection, The Millennium Development Goals:
http://www.populationmedia.org/issues/
15. Population Infographics:
Population Growth: http://www.upack.com/press/population-growth/
World Population Clusters: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cealigbe/4640792371/
Top 75 populated countries: http://www.scribd.com/doc/70395566/Infographic-World-Population
Wealth affects health & family size: http://www.prb.org/Articles/2012/population
-economic-development-infographic.aspx
7 Billion divided by Country and Money: http://nerdgraphics.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/7-billion-people.jpg
Population Projections & Fertility Rates: http://graphics.thomsonreuters.com/RNGS/2011/OCT/POP1_BH.jpg
Women & Family Planning: http://vitaminw.co/health/infographic-family-planning-saves-lives-women-and-children
The Strange History of Birth Control: http://charmistry.com/infographic/the-history-of-birth-control/#axzz2DLj1q7aT