Population and
Sustainable Development

Glossary

Guide to demographic terms

This section contains definitions of technical terms used on this website. It is three sections:
A-E, F-N, P-Z.

Some terms used in demographic literature have specific local meanings and may be context-specific.

For a more extensive list of terms, see the glossary on the Statistics New Zealand website.

Two useful glossaries for use with international and technical literature are:

Macquarie University School of Human Geography
Manitoba Centre for Health Policy Concept Dictionary

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