Demography

Things to remember

• John Grount initiated the study of demography based on his work 'Natural and Political Observation Made upon the Bills of Mortality' in 1662.
• The word demography is derived from two Greek words 'demos' and 'graphien'.
• Demography is the systematic and scientific study of human population primarily with respect to size, structure, distribution and change (development).
• The population growth has created many problems in the world.
• The population distribution of any area has a particular pattern.