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  2. Demographic momentum - Wikipedia

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    Demographic momentum. Demographic momentum is the tendency for growing populations to continue growing after a fertility decline because of their young age distribution. This is important because once this happens a country moves to a different stage in the demographic transition model .

  3. Population momentum - Wikipedia

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    Population momentum is a consequence of the demographic transition.Population momentum explains why a population will continue to grow even if the fertility rate declines. . Population momentum occurs because it is not only the number of children per woman that determine population growth, but also the number of women in reproductive

  4. Demography - Wikipedia

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    The Demography of the World Population from 1950 to 2100. Data source: United Nations — World Population Prospects 2017. Demography (from Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos) 'people, society', and -γραφία (-graphía) 'writing, drawing, description') is the statistical study of human populations: their size, composition (e.g., ethnic group, age), and how they change through the interplay ...

  5. Demographic transition - Wikipedia

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    Demographic transition. In demography, demographic transition is a phenomenon and theory which refers to the historical shift from high birth rates and high death rates in societies with minimal technology, education (especially of women) and economic development, to low birth rates and low death rates in societies with advanced technology ...

  6. List of countries by population growth rate - Wikipedia

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    Methodology. The table below shows annual population growth rate history and projections for various areas, countries, regions and sub-regions from various sources for various time periods. The right-most column shows a projection for the time period shown using the medium fertility variant. Preceding columns show actual history.

  7. Women’s health has been ignored for most of history. Here’s ...

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    A great example: A few years ago, I was pitched by two women building a more holistic care model for pregnancy, combining the best aspects of obstetric care and midwifery care into an evidence ...

  8. Projections of population growth - Wikipedia

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    Migration can have a significant effect on population change. Global south–south migration accounts for 38% of total migration, and global south–north for 34%. For example, the United Nations reports that during the period 2010–2020, fourteen countries will have seen a net inflow of more than one million migrants, while ten countries will have seen a net outflow of similar proportions.

  9. Human population planning - Wikipedia

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    Map of countries by fertility rate (2020), according to the Population Reference Bureau. Human population planning is the practice of managing the growth rate of a human population. The practice, traditionally referred to as population control, had historically been implemented mainly with the goal of increasing population growth, though from ...