Population projections using R - including graphical dynamic presentations

Abstract

In this textbook, we are going to illustrate how to perform populations projections using the Cohort-Component Method using simple R functions and without using population projections speci c Packages
such as popdemo. We use the Algerian population data for our case study. Then, we are going to show how to carry-out practical plots of population pyramid.

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