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Population growth applies to Exponential growth. Activate to inspect this relation.Population growth influences Food web. Activate to inspect this relation.Demographic transition explains Population growth. Activate to inspect this relation.Population age structure is part of Demographic transition. Activate to inspect this relation.Fertility rate influences Demographic transition. Activate to inspect this relation.Human migration influences Demographic transition. Activate to inspect this relation.Fertility rate influences Natural Increase. Activate to inspect this relation.Mortality Rate influences Natural Increase. Activate to inspect this relation.Natural Increase is part of Population growth. Activate to inspect this relation.Demographic transition explains Fertility rate. Activate to inspect this relation.Demographic transition explains Mortality Rate. Activate to inspect this relation.Age Structure is part of Population Pyramid. Activate to inspect this relation.Population Pyramid measures Age Structure. Activate to inspect this relation.Age Structure influences Dependency Ratio. Activate to inspect this relation.Age Structure causes Population Momentum. Activate to inspect this relation.Cohort is part of Age Structure. Activate to inspect this relation.Fertility rate influences Age Structure. Activate to inspect this relation.Demographic transition influences Age Structure. Activate to inspect this relation.Population MomentumAge StructurePopulation PyramidDependency RatioCohortFertility rateDemographic transitionNatural IncreasePopulation growthMortality RatePopulation age structureHuman migrationExponential growthFood web
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Population Momentum

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Population momentum is the tendency of a population to keep growing after fertility falls to replacement level, owing to its young age structure.

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  • This view connects 15 disciplines: Actuarial Science, Agriculture, Algebra, Biology, Demography, Ecology, Economics, Environmental Science, Evolutionary Biology, Finance, Geography, Human Geography, Mathematics, Sociology, Systems Biology.
  • Demographic transition is a bridge concept — viewed here through Demography, Sociology.
  • The connections here span 4 relation families.
  • Compounding explains 2 concepts in this view (Algebra, Biology, Demography, Ecology, Economics, Evolutionary Biology, Finance, Mathematics, Sociology).

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