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  2. Malthusianism - Wikipedia

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    Malthusianism is a theory that population growth is potentially exponential, according to the Malthusian growth model, while the growth of the food supply or other resources is linear, which eventually reduces living standards to the point of triggering a population decline.

  3. Dependency ratio - Wikipedia

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    The population structure of a country is an important factor for determining the economic status of their country. Japan is a great example of an aging population. They have a 1:4 ratio of people 65 years and older. This causes trouble for them because there is not enough people in the working-age population to support all of the elders.

  4. Fibonacci sequence - Wikipedia

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    All these sequences may be viewed as generalizations of the Fibonacci sequence. In particular, Binet's formula may be generalized to any sequence that is a solution of a homogeneous linear difference equation with constant coefficients. Some specific examples that are close, in some sense, to the Fibonacci sequence include:

  5. List of countries by population growth rate - Wikipedia

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    The number shown is the average annual growth rate for the period. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship—except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of the country of origin ...

  6. Allee effect - Wikipedia

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    Demographic stochasticity refers to variability in population growth arising from sampling random births and deaths in a population of finite size. [17] In small populations, demographic stochasticity will decrease the population growth rate, causing an effect similar to the Allee effect, [18] [19] which will increase the risk of population ...

  7. Carrying capacity - Wikipedia

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    The logistic growth curve depicts how population growth rate and carrying capacity are inter-connected. As illustrated in the logistic growth curve model, when the population size is small, the population increases exponentially. However, as population size nears carrying capacity, the growth decreases and reaches zero at K. [20]

  8. I = PAT - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations project that world population will increase from 7.7 billion today (2019) to 9.8 billion in 2050 and about 11.2 billion in 2100. [9] These projections take into consideration that population growth has slowed in recent years as women are having fewer children.

  9. United States congressional apportionment - Wikipedia

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    Allocation of seats by state, as percentage of overall number of representatives in the House, 1789–2020 census. United States congressional apportionment is the process [1] by which seats in the United States House of Representatives are distributed among the 50 states according to the most recent decennial census mandated by the United States Constitution.