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vital registration system
A method of recording vital events such as births, deaths, fetal deaths, marriages and divorces that occur among a population.
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prorating
Projection tools that rely on the projection of a larger or parent population to project the population size of a sub-area.
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census
The total process of collecting, compiling and publishing demographic, economic and social information pertaining to a specific time for all persons in a country or delimited part of a country.
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cohort
A group of people sharing a common demographic experience who are observed through time. For example, an age cohort, is a group of individuals who are the same age that are observed over time.
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cohort component population projection
Projects the population by age groups and by other attributes such as sex and in some cases, ethnicity. The tool is based on the components of demographic change including births, deaths and migration [..]
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composition of population
Distribution of people by different characteristics including age, sex, marital status, household size, household attributes, educational attainment, occupation, labor force participation and income.
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de facto
Population that is physically present
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de jure
Usual place of residence
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demography
The study of human population with respect to size, composition, spatial distribution and changes in the population that occur over time.
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density of population
The number of people who occupy a given area or unit of land.
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