A survey that counts the population of a state, nation, or other geographic region.
A person forced to migrate to another country to avoid the effects of armed conflict, violence, violation of human rights, or other disasters, and cannot return to their home country.
A spike in birth rates once baby boomers have reached childbearing age.
Laws that explain the relationship between the distance and volume of migration between a source and destination.
The large-scale emigration of highly educated or skilled workers from a place, usually to seek better living and professional opportunities abroad.
The largest number of people that the environment of a particular area can support.
A limit on the number of people who can immigrate to a country from a particular place during a particular period of time.
The average number of years a person can be expected to live, given current social, economic, and medical conditions.
The pattern of where people live.
Seasonal migration that pastoral herders make with their animals.
A model of the predictable stages in disease and life expectancy that countries experience as they develop.
The number of people who live in a defined area.
The theory that society is on the path to mass starvation, as population increases faster than food production capabilities.
Malthus recommended that people limit the number of children they had in order to not exhaust the Earth's resources.
The percentage of people within a population who are too young or too old to work and must rely on working adults for support.
The number of live births per year for every 1000 people.
People who have adopted Malthus’ ideas to fit modern conditions and believe that overpopulation is a serious problem and threat to the future.
The permanent or semipermanent movement of individuals between countries.
The end of a baby boom, lasting until boomers reach childbearing age.
A type of migration where people do not choose to relocate, but so do under threat of violence (war, persecution, slavery, etc.).
Barriers that make it difficult for migrants to reach their desired destination.
Someone who migrates to another country in hopes of being recognized as a refugee.
Someone forced to migrate for similar reasons as a refugee but who does not move across an international border.
The number of deaths per year for every 1000 people.
The average number of children born per woman (aged 15-49).
A measurement of how long a country will take to double its population based on its Natural Increase Rate.
The difference between the crude birth rate and crude death rate; a statistic that estimates the population growth of a country, not including population lost or gained due to migration.
A set of antinatalist policies in place in China from 1999 to 2015 that incentivized families to have only one child, using social and economic benefits.
A process in which people reach their eventual destination through a series of smaller moves.
Policies aimed to decrease the fertility rate of a given place.
A slowdown of births to a rate below the replacement level, which sometimes occurs during times of conflict, economic downturn, or due to cultural shifts.
Positive conditions and circumstances that draw people to choose a migration destination.
The permanent or semipermanent relocation of people from one place to another.
A model that explains the five stages of population change that countries pass through as they modernize, from high stationary to declining.
Migration done by choice, often to obtain a better quality of life.
A spike in birth rates, typically occurring after a period of conflict.
A measure of the number of babies who die before their first birthday for every 1000 births.
Migration in which individuals follow the migratory path of preceding friends or family members to an existing community.
A factor that causes a migrant to choose a different destination than the one they had intended when starting their journey.
A person with temporary permission to immigrate and work in another country.
Money that migrants send back to their family and friends in their home countries.
An age-sex composition graph that can provide information on birth rates, death rates, life expectancy, economic development, migration, and past events like natural disasters, war, etc.
Policies aimed to increase the fertility rate of a given area.
Negative circumstances, events, or conditions present where someone live that make them want to leave.
The permanent or semipermanent movement of individuals within a country.
Antinatalist Policies
Asylum Seeker
Baby Boom
Baby Bust
Baby Echo
Birth Deficit
Brain Drain
Carrying Capacity
Census
Chain Migration
Crude Birth Rate (CBR)
Crude Death Rate (CDR)
Demographic Transition Model (DTM)
Dependency Ratio
Doubling Time
Epidemiological Transition Model (ETM)
Forced Migration
Guest Worker
Immigration Quota
Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)
Internal Migration
Internally Displaced Persons (IDP)
Intervening Obstacle
Intervening Opportunity
Life Expectancy
Malthusian Theory
Migration
Natural Increase Rate (NIR)
Neo-Malthusians
One Child Policy
Population Density
Population Distribution
Population Pyramid
Pronatalist Policies
Pull Factor
Push Factor
Ravenstein’s Laws of Migration
Refugee
Remittances
Step Migration
Total Fertility Rate (TFR)
Transhumance
Transnational Migration
Voluntary Migration
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