Chapter 10: Canada's Population
Push factor
A reason that makes people move away from their current country
Pull factor
Country that seems attractive to potential immigrant
Doubling time
Length of time for a country's population to double at a particular population growth rate
Death rate
Number of deaths in a population
Refugee
Someone who moves to another country because of fear and unfair treatment
Natural increase rate
The birth rate minus the death rate
Net migration rate
The immigration rate minus the emigration rate
Population growth rate
The natural increase rate plus the net migration rate
Birth rate
The number of births in a population per year per 1000 people
Dependency load
The percentage of the population that is non-working. It is conventionally defined as including people younger than 15 and older than 65
Demography
The study of human population