Demography 120911-D
Wykład (WYK) Semestr zimowy 2026/27

Demography - the field of research. Data and its sources. Basic information on demographic situation in the world.

Measurement of demographic processes - basic demographic rates. Lexis diagram.

Gross and net reproduction rates. Standardization of the rates.

Union formation and dissolution: Poland and Europe

Fertility analysis: measurement, theories, current trends in Poland, Europe and world

Mortality. Epidemiological transition. Mortality developments in Poland and Europe.

Life Tables - the idea and the main parameters of the tables

Selected demographic theories: First and second demographic transition.

Internal and international migrations: Poland and Europe

Demographic structures. population ageing and its consequences.

Population growth: Lotka's stationary population model

Methods of demographic forecasting

Methods of demographic forecasting: component method

Demographic development of Poland, Europe, World. Interrelations between demographic changes and climate changes.

Socio-economic consequences of changes in age structure of population. Demography and public policies