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Demography
The statistical study of populations, especially human beings.
Clustering
When a population is densely concentrated in a specific area.
Dispersed
A pattern where the population is spread out over a large area, with individuals living far apart from each other.
Density
The number of individuals living in a given area, usually expressed as persons per square kilometer or square mile.
Age structure
The distribution of various age groups in a population, which can have a significant impact on a country's economic performance.
Fertility rate
The average number of children born to a woman over her lifetime in a given population.
Migration
The movement of people from one location to another for the purposes of settling temporarily or permanently.
Mortality rate
A measure of the number of deaths in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time.
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