demography
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Demography is the study of human populations, including their size, growth, and changes over time. It matters because understanding these population trends helps societies plan for the future in areas like resources, healthcare, and education.
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- History
- Methods
- Direct methods
- Indirect methods
- Population change
- Standardization of population numbers
- Common rates and ratios
- Basic equation regarding development of a population
- Science of population
- Population composition
- Demographic analysis in institutions and organizations
- Labor market
- Turnover and in internal labor markets
- Population ecology of organizations
- Business organizations
- Nonprofit organizations
- See also
- Social surveys
- Organizations
- Scientific journals
- References
- Further reading
- External links
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Demography () is the statistical study of human populations: their size, composition (e.g., ethnic group, age), and how they change through the interplay of fertility (births), mortality (deaths), and migration.