Temática: Population

Immigration

The arrival of people from another territory to settle there. This is due to various causes, the most common being economic, although it can also be due to political reasons. A person who migrates is called an immigrant.

Concentrated habitat

Type of settlement or way in which the population of a place occupies the territory, in which the dwellings form a continuous nucleus without agricultural spaces between them.

Dispersed habitat

Type of settlement or way in which the population of a place occupies the territory, in which the houses are isolated from each other and surrounded by the agricultural holding itself, with a small central nucleus where the municipal services are concentrated.

Rural habitat

Rural settlement patterns range from dispersed to concentrated, including intermediate forms. Among these, loose concentration stands out, where dwellings, although grouped in the same nucleus, are physically separated from one another and connected to the environment through cultivated and livestock areas, and […]

Habitat

A place with natural, social, and cultural conditions appropriate for the development of human life. It is also used to refer to the way in which a population occupies a space, which can be urban or rural, depending on its characteristics and environment, occupying the territory from a dispersed to a concentrated form.

Rural exodus

Mass displacement of the rural population to cities. This is an internal migration movement that typically affects young people, both men and women, who move to cities in search of employment. The rural exodus began at the end of the 19th century and in Spain had its […]

Aging population

A process that occurs in a country when the percentage of the population over 65 years of age exceeds 121% of the total population. The main causes of population aging are increased life expectancy and declining birth and fertility rates. It is measured by […]

Life expectancy

A demographic index that refers to the average number of years a person can expect to live in a given country, depending on their year of birth and sociocultural characteristics. It is an indicator used to compare mortality rates in different populations and their health conditions and living standards.

Emigration

Exit of a population from their place of origin or residence. A person who emigrates is called an emigrant. In Spain, an example of emigration would be rural exodus.

Zero growth

A demographic situation characterized by population stagnation in a region where the balance between births and deaths is zero or nearly zero. This is characteristic of developed countries like Spain (where we have even entered a period of decline, with more deaths than births since 2015) and leads to the aging of the population.