The Concept of a Stable Population: Application to the Study of Populations of Countries with Incomplete Demographic Statistics

This is Population Studies No. 39 for the UN Department of Social Affairs This Manual concerns the application of the concept of a stable population to actual populations with unchanged fertility and constant or declining mortality. The methodology has important practical applications since it allows estimating, inter alia, such universally utilized indices as the net reproduction rate, the intrinsic rate of natural increase and the growth potential. The explanation involves the use of highly theoretical and mathematical notation and methods. The Manual is related to Mortality life tables for developing countries.