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| annual number of births per 1,000 |
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| annual number of deaths per 1,000 |
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| the average number of children born per woman if they all lived to the end of their childbearing years |
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| annual number of deaths of babies under 1 years old per 1,000 live births |
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| population growth measured in the amount of live births over deaths per 1,000 people |
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| the time required for a country to double its population |
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| the average number of years a newborn infant can expect to live |
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| when the crude birth rate and crude death rate are equal |
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| a bar graph that shows the distribution of a country's population by age and gender groups |
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| the process by which land becomes increasingly dry until it turns into desert |
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| an unusually long period where little or no rain falls |
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| land that is not well suited for growing crops |
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| groups of herders who move with their animals from place to place in search of pasture and water |
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| worsening economic conditions in the countryside, including rising unemployment and growing poverty |
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| the unequal distribution of wealth or resources in a geographic area |
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| the overall level of comfort and well-being of a group or a country |
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| the movement of people from rural to urban areas |
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| a country with low per capita income a fewer access to goods |
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| a neighborhood where many homeless people chose to occupy in Brazil |
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| the debt of a developing country owed to outside creditors |
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| the interconnectedness of world economy |
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