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Discuss decline or growth of population of the settlement

Answer 1

A long-term population decline is typically caused by sub-replacement fertility, coupled with a net immigration rate that fails to compensate the excess of deaths over births. A long-term decline is accompanied by population aging and creates an increase in the ratio of retirees to workers and children.

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Answer 2

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growth : migration

The size and demographics of the population change when: fewer children are born; families with children move to larger towns and cities; young and better-educated people move to larger towns and cities.

decline

Settlement growth is a useful proxy for analyzing population growth and population distribution. Land use maps show that settled or built-up areas increased by 140 percent in West Africa between 1975 and 2013 — to occupy 36,400 sq km by 2013 (0.7 percent of the land surface).

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