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Birth Rate
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The number of live births per 1000 population in a year. If the birth rate is 20/1000, it means that for every 1000 people in the country, there are 20 births in a year.
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Death Rate
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The number of deaths per 1000 population in a year.
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Replacement Level Fertility
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Each woman in a country needs to have 2.1 children in order for the country's population to replace itself in the long term. Many MEDCs are below this.
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Dependency ratio
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The relationship between the working/economically active population and the non-working population.
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Sex ratio
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The number of males per 100 females in a population
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