A movement from one country or region to another Migration

Migration or movement of people out of an area or country. Think: E is for exit Emigration

Migration or movement of individuals into another region or country. Think I is for into
Immigration

Money immigrants send back to family and friends in their home countries, often in cash,
forming an important part of the economy in many poorer countries Remittances

Scientific study of human populations. Demography

An official count of a population; it includes collecting details about the population for statistical
data like housing and their geographical location. Census

The average number of children a woman will have throughout her childbearing years. Total
Fertility Rate (TFR)

An increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in urban settlements, or cities.
Urbanization

The total number of deaths in a year among infants under 1 year old for every 1,000 live births
in a society. Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)

Movement of an individual who consciously and voluntarily decides to locate to a new area- the
opposite of forced migration Voluntary Migration

The total number of deaths in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society. Crude Death
Rate (CDR)

The number of people living in an area is more than the capacity to support life with a decent
standard of living. Overpopulation

A factor that draws or attracts people to another location Pull Factor

A bar graph representing the distribution of population by age and sex. Population Pyramids

The average number of years an individual can be expected to live factoring in current social,
economic, and medical conditions. life expectancy

Human migration when the people moving have no choice but to relocate. Forced Migration

The total number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people alive in the society. Crude
Birth Rate (CBR)
The emigration of highly trained or intelligent people from a particular country. Brain Drain

People who are forced to emigrate from their home country and cannot return for fear of
persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political
opinion. Refugees

A measurement of the number of people per given unit of land Population Density