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This glossary explains the main concepts used in demography. To see a definition, click on a letter of the alphabet and then on the term you are interested in.
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
L
M
N
O
P
R
S
T
U
V
W
Z
A
Age
Alien
B
Baby boom
Birth cohort
Birth control
Birth interval
Birth order
C
Carrying Capacity
Cause of death
Celibacy
Census
Citizenship
Civil registration
Civil solidarity pact
Cohabitation
Cohort
Cohort (birth cohort, marriage cohort, etc.)
Completed fertility
Consensual union
D
Demographic situation
Demographic survey
Demographic transition
Demography
Dependency Ratio
Depopulation
Divorce
Doubling time
E
Epidemic
Epidemiological transition
Epidemiology
Excess male mortality
F
Family
Family planning
Family policy
Fecundability
Fecundity
Fertility Policy
Fertility transition
Fertlity
Fertlity timing
Filial relation
Foeto-infant mortality
G
Gender
H
Health transition
Household
Human development index value
I
Immigrant
Incidence of a disease
Infant mortality
Infecundity
Infertility
Internal migration
International migration
International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems
L
Legal status of a child
Legitimation
Lethality
Life expectancy
Life span
Life table
M
Marital status
Marriage
Marriage probability
Maternal mortality
Mean age
Median age
Mid-year population
Migration
Migration policy
Morbidity
Mortality
Mortality Crisis
N
Natality
Natural increase
Neo-natal mortality
Net migration
Nuptiality
Nuptiality timing
O
Optimum population
Overpopulation
P
Pandemic
Parity
Perinatal Mortality
Permanent celibacy
Polygamie
Population ageing
Population density
Population Explosion
Population growth
Population policy
Population projection
Population pyramid
Population Register
Population Structure
Post-neonatal mortality
Prevalence of a disease
Probability
Probability of dying
R
Rate
Recognition
Reconstituted family
Replacement of generations
Reproduction rate
S
Sex ratio
Single-parent family
Stable population
Standardized mortality rate
Stationary population
Sterility
Stillbirth
T
Total fertility rate
Total marriage rate
U
Urbanization
V
Violent death
W
World population
Z
Zero population growth
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