Demography

Demography is the study of human population dynamics. It encompasses the study of the size, structure and distribution of populations, and how populations change over time due to births, deaths, migration and ageing. Demographic analysis can relate to whole societies or to groups defined by criteria such as education, nationality, religion and ethnicity.

External links

• The Population Reference Bureau has two introduction to demography texts on line. "Population Handbook" and "Population: A Lively Introduction".
• Brief review of world basic demographic trends Review of world changes in population and growth, infant mortality, fertility and age distributions.
• Brief review of world socio-demographic trends Review of world changes in urbanization, education and ethnolinguistic fractionalization.
• PopulationData.net Informations and maps about populations around the world.
• Phillip Longman, The New Statesman, 31 May 2004, "Everywhere, even in Africa, the world is running out of children"
• Ed Stephan's Timeline of Demography Highlights in the history of demography from 3800 BC to 2000 AD.