Population statistics
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Population statistics is the use of statistics to analyze characteristics or changes to a population. It is related to social demography and demography.
Population statistics can analyze anything from global demographic changes to local small scale changes. For example, an analysis of global change shows that population growth has slowed, infant mortality rates have declined and there have been small increases in the aged.
References
Shackman, Gene, Xun Wang and Ya-Lin Liu. 2002. Brief review of world demographic trends. Available at http://gsociology.icaap.org/report/demsum.html