5. Key concepts of demography

This lesson will familiarise you with the key concepts of demography and their content with the help of examples. Knowledge about demographic concepts is important for you to understand any discussion based on demography. For example, you have to be knowledgeable about the concepts used in demography so that you can follow the information provided by the mass media. This lesson will focus only on the central concepts of demography. In addition to the concepts discussed in this lesson, you can find more demographic concepts during the following lessons and from the list of concepts.