Population and Settlement (continued)

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   Today in class, we reviewed slides 4-8 of the Population and Settlement Powerpoint. Some major topics we discussed includes life expectancy, birth/death rate, rate of natural increase, net migration, and push/pull forces.


  • life expectancy is the average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year
  • birth rate is the number of births per 1000 of the population and death rate is the number of deaths per 1000 of the population
  • rate of natural increase (or RNI) is the death rate of a country subtracted from the birth rate. This annual, natural growth rate is shown in a percentage
  • net migration rate is the difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during a year
  • someone who is entering the country is an immigrant
  • someone who is leaving the country is an emigrant
  • push forces drive someone out of their country and into a new one
  • pull forces are what attracts someone to come into a new country
Another thing we looked at in class is the CIA World Factbook. This website is super cool because it gives you so much information about the world and each country, and it is a great research tool. The new terms from the Powerpoint were also included in this website. For example, when you go into the North Korea page and go to where it says "People and Society", it includes population growth rate, birth rate, death rate, net migration rate, life expectancy, etc. Under net migration rate, we could see that it is 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population. This is because no one is allowed in or out, so therefore, there are no immigrants or emigrants. Overall, this is a really good website, and reflects on some of the things we are learning about in class.

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