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Disproportionate: Too large or too small in comparison Literacy rate: The total percent of population who can
with something else read and write
E M

Emigration: The act of leaving one’s own country to Maternal mortality: The death of a woman while
settle permanently in another pregnant or within 42 days of termination of
F pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the
pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated
Family planning: The practice of controlling the by the pregnancy or its management
number of children one has and the intervals between
Megacity: A very large city, typically one with a
their births, particularly by means of contraception or
population of over ten million people
voluntary sterilization
Migrant: A person who moves from one place to
Female infanticide: The deliberate killing of newborn
another, especially in order to fi nd work or better
female children due to a strong cultural preference
living conditions
for boys in a patriarchal society
Migration: Movement of people to a new area
Fertility rate: The total number of children that would
or country in order to fi nd work or better living
be born to each woman if she were to live to the end
conditions
of her child-bearing years
N
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Natural increase: The diff erence between the
Himalayas: A mountain range in South Asia which
numbers of births and deaths in a population
is home to the planet’s highest peaks, including the
Neglect: Fail to care for properly
highest, Mt Everest
I O

Illiteracy: The inability to read or write Overpopulation: A situation in which the excessive
growth of a population in a given ecosystem limits
Immigration: The action of coming to live permanently
the resources available for survival
in a foreign country
Impractical: Not sensible or realistic P
Incentive: A thing that motivates or encourages Paradox: A statement or proposition which, despite
someone to do something sound (or apparently sound) reasoning from
Industrial belt: A geographic dominated by the acceptable premises, leads to a conclusion that
industries and manufacturing factories seems logically unacceptable or self-contradictory
Infant: A very young child or baby Per capita output: The measure of the economic
K output of every person who is actively contributing
of the country’s economy
Katanga-Zambia copper belt: a natural region in
Political unrest: A situation in which the government
Central Africa which sits on the border region between
of a nation is unstable, either because of internal
northern Zambia and the southern Democratic
revolts or external aggression, characterised by
Republic of Congo, known for copper mining
lawlessness, political persecutions, crime and
Kobe-Osaka region: A large urban and industrial
unstable employment opportunities
agglomeration in Japan, located on Osaka Bay in
Population density: The number of people living in
west-central Honshu
each unit of area such as a square kilometre
L Population pyramid: A graphical illustration that

Life expectancy: The average period that a person shows the distribution of various age groups in a
may expect to live population

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