Population decline — can refer to the decline in population of any organism, but this article refers to population decline in humans. It is a term usually used to describe any great reduction in a human population.[1] It can be used to refer to long term demographic… … Wikipedia
Population ageing — or population aging (see English spelling differences) occurs when the median age of a country or region rises. This happens because of rising life expectancy or declining birth rates. Excepting 18 countries termed demographic outliers by the… … Wikipedia
Population growth — is the change in population over time, and can be quantified as the change in the number of individuals in a population using per unit time for measurement. The term population growth can technically refer to any species, but almost always refers … Wikipedia
POPULATION — THE JEWISH POPULATION Growth by Aliyah In 1882 the Jewish population of Ereẓ Israel numbered some 24,000, roughly 5% of the total, and about 0.3% of the world Jewish population. Since then there has been an almost continuous flow of aliyah, which … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Population Trends — ▪ 1999 Introduction Demography At midyear 1998, world population stood at 5,926,000,000, according to estimates prepared by the Population Reference Bureau. This total represented an increase of 84 million over the previous year, firmly… … Universalium
Total fertility rate — Not to be confused with birth rate. A world map showing countries by fertility rate, 2005 2010 … Wikipedia
POPULATION — Methodological Uncertainties Because of the great difficulties in ascertaining human population data in general, and Jewish data in particular, especially in ancient and medieval times, a word of caution is even more necessary here than in most… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Population — There are no accurate figures on the population of Lower and Upper Burma before the British colonial period. According to one estimate, the population in 1785, early in the reign of King Bodawpaya, was 4.7 million (rounded), of whom 3.5… … Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)
total — 01. The [total] number of students in the English Language Program is about 250. 02. The movie we went to last night was [totally] unreal. You ve got to see it. 03. The [total] of 5 plus 8 is 13. 04. Hundreds of stolen CDs, [totaling] over… … Grammatical examples in English
average — n Average, mean, median, norm, par denote something and usually a number, a quantity, or a condition that represents a middle point between extremes. Of these words average, mean, median, and par are also used as adjectives. Average is an… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
