Revision on population

Population growth refers to the increase or decrease in a population in a year.

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Birth rate refers to the number of live births per year.

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Natural increase is calculated by subtracting the birth rate from the death rate.

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Reasons for higher birth rate in LICs are early marriages, girls stay at home and lack of birth control.

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Causes of lower birth rate are lack of clean water and sanitation, diseases and poor health care.

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Factors that lead to low death rate are better medical care, safe and clean water provision and well balanced diet.

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Migration is the movement of people from one place to another.

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Overpopulation refers to having too many people for the amount of food, materials and space available.

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A low population growth rate may lead to more people in the armed forces, strengthening the defense of a country.

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A large population increase may cause pressure on the available resources such as food and land.

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