Document Type
Working Paper
Publication Date
1999
Abstract
Despite ongoing declines in fertility in many countries, the population of the world is experiencing a period of rapid expansion, and its size is expected to exceed 10 billion by the end of the demographic transition. Three causes of this growth are identified and quantified: 1) fertility above the replacement level of two surviving children per woman, 2) continuing declines in mortality, and 3) population momentum resulting from a young age structure. A set of simple analytic expressions is proposed for estimating these factors from standard demographic indicators. Population momentum is shown to be the main cause of future growth in most countries and regions.
DOI
10.31899/pgy6.1026
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Bongaarts, John and Rodolfo A. Bulatao. 1999. "Completing the demographic transition," Policy Research Division Working Paper no. 125. New York: Population Council. Version of record: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1728-4457.1999.00515.x
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