Transcript Demography Vocabulary

VOCABULARY TO KNOW
• Natural increase
• The rate of natural increase (RNI) is the crude birth rate minus
the crude death rate of a population.
• Doubling time
• The period of time required for a quantity to double in size or
value
• Literacy rate
• Proportion of the population over age fifteen that can read
and write
• GNP
• The total value of goods produced and services provided by a
country during one year, equal to the gross domestic product
plus the net income from foreign investments
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• GDP
• The total value of goods produced and services provided in a country
during one year
• Per-Capita
• For each person; in relation to people taken individually
• Standard of living
• The degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person or
community
• Human development index
• Composite statistic used to rank countries by level of "human
development"
• Purchase power of parity
• An economic theory that estimates the amount of adjustment
needed on the exchange rate between countries in order for the
exchange to be equivalent to each currency's purchasing power.
POPULATION PYRAMIDS
• http://populationpyramid.net/
ASSIGNMENT
• Brainstorm connections between demographic
information and social, political and economic
factors that affect the demographics of a country
or region.
• Include in this discussion the treatment of minorities
and women.
10 MOST POPULACE CITIES OF THE
WORLD
• http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/bigcities.ht
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• Where are the most populous regions or countries in
the world?
• (East Asia, South Asia)
• What factors have contributed to these large
population areas?
• (Fertile land, etc.)
• What factors would contribute to people migrating
to another region or to a city?
• (Natural disasters, disease, famine, political instability,
industrialization, etc.)