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| population | the number of people living in a region |
| birth rate | the number of births per 1,000 people per year |
| death rate | the number of deaths per 1,000 people per year. |
| rate of natural increase | growth caused by having more births than deaths in a year (does not include immigration or emigration). |
| doubling time | the number of years it will take a population to double in size if it maintains its current growth rate. |
| the world population | 6,802,710,000 |
| literacy rate | the ability of an individualt to read and write with understanding a simple short statement related to his/her everyday life. |
| Total Fertility Rate | the average number of children a woman will have in her lifetime. |
| Infant mortalitiy rate | the yearly number of children who die before reaching the age of one year per 1,000 live births. |
| life expectancy | the average number of years a person born today could expect to live under current mortality rate. |
| access to adequate sanitation | percentage of population with access to toilets or latrines. |
| urban population | percentage of the total population living in areas termed urban by that country (typically towns of 2,000 or more or in national or provincial capitals |
| arable land | farmland; land capable of growing crops. |
| energy comsumption | the total amount of energy used by each region per year divided by the number of people living in that region includes industrial use. |
| gross domestic product | a commonly used measure of a nation's wealth, determine from the annual profits generated within a region by all goods and services exchanged that year. |
