Demography

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  • What is demography?
    • Demography is the study of populations.
    • Demographic statistics relate largely to birth rates and death rates but there are a wide range of other trends that can impact population change, such as fertility rates, childbearing trends & net migration.
  • What is birthrate?
    • The number of births per 1000 of the population per year.
  • What is fertility rate?
    -The average number of children per adult woman (This differs from the completed family size, which is the average number of children for a woman born in a particular year).
  • What is infant mortality rate?
    • The number of deaths of children under the age of 1 per 1000 live births per year.