Natural or vegetative growth
Positive or negative variation in the population of a place due to its natural movement (birth and mortality).
Real population growth
The result of adding the natural population growth and the migration balance of a location over a given period. Data on births and immigration (population growth), as well as mortality and emigration (population loss), must be considered. It is usually expressed as a percentage of the total population.
Population census
Fuente que registra características demográficas, socioculturales y económicas de la población de un lugar, como edad, estado civil, nacionalidad, nivel de instrucción o situación laboral, entre otras muchas. Es un documento estático -refleja el estado de la población en un momento concreto- y muy pormenorizado por la cantidad de datos que aporta. En España lo […]
Irrigation and population dynamics in depopulated rural environments

Causes, implications, and sustainable solutions.