Volume 20 - Article 24 | Pages 595–598  

The effect of changes in fertility on the age distribution of stable populations

By Michel Guillot

This article is part of the ongoing Special Collection 8 "Formal Relationships"

Abstract

When fertility increases in a previously stable population, the new stable population will be younger than the old one, and the two age distributions will cross at the mean age of the populations.

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