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Geography SL IB Terminology

Geography SL IB Terminology

Geography SL IB Terminology


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Language English
Category Geography
Level Secondary School
Created / Updated 02.04.2014 / 06.04.2014
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Exponential growth

An increasing or accelerating rate of growth

Population distribution

  • Way the population is spread out
  • May be distributed evenly or unevenly
  • Most populations distributed unevenly, because of human and physical factors

Population Density

  • Number of people per km2
  • High pop density: Singapore,Hong Kong
  • Low population density: Canada, Russia, Australia

Crude Birth Rate CBR*

*The “crude” rates are not very accurate/good indicators of trends, astheydon’t take into account the AGE and SEX structure of a population.

Nr. Of births per 1000 of population

Crude Death Rate CDR

  • Nr. Of deaths per 1000 of population
  • World average 2005-2010 – 8.7%

Annual Growth Rate

  • Crude Birth Rate minus crude death rate
  • CBR – CDR

General Fertility Rate GFR

Births per 1000 women, aged 15 – 49 years

Total Fertility Rate

  • Average number of births per 1000 women of child bearing age
  • Sum of age specific birth rates