Demography demographics • Is the study of population based on factors such as age, race and sex
Governments, Corporations and non-government organizations used
Demographics to learn more about a population's characteristics for many purposes Including policy development and economic market research definitions • Birth Rate • Life expectancy at birth • Fertility rate • Mortality rate • Age dependency ratio • Birth rate •Birth rate – the number of births per 1000 people per year
(total live births/ Total
Populations) X1000 = Birth Rate Mortality r Death Rate (mortality): the percentage of people who die ate relative to the country's population (annual)
(Total deaths/ Total population)
X1000 = death rate Immigration versus emigration ● immigration ● emigration