These are a small sample of the kinds of questions that can be addressed by using Demography, an application that simulates exponential growth in age-structured populations. By manipulating values for age-specific mortality rates, fertility rates, and initial population characteristics, and using the simulation to see how population characteristics change through time, users of Demography can investigate important questions in population biology, develop a deeper understanding of fundamental population concepts, and explore issues related to population policy.
Demography displays fertility and mortality graphically as functions of age.
The Current Age Distribution window displays the percentage of the total population in each age interval in the form of an age pyramid. The Current Age Distribution window. The Mortality vs Age window. Individuals in the population are assumed to be competing for a single, potentially limiting resource. System 7.1 is recommended.