Definitions

Question 1

What is the ‘Birth Rate’?

Answer 1

• The number of babies born 1,000 per year

Question 2

What is the ‘Death Rate’ then?

Answer 2

• The number of deaths per 1,000 people per year

Question 3

What is the Demographic Transition Model?

Answer 3

• A simple way of looking at how the population has changed

Question 4

What do Population Pyramids show?

Answer 4

• In the form of a graph, the percentage, or number of males and females in each age group

Question 5

What do population population pyramids reflect?

Answer 5

• The structure of the population in terms of for example the number of babies being born

Question 6

What is ‘Infant Mortality’?

Answer 6

• The number of children who die before the age of 1