Questions tagged [demographics]

Quantifiable information that concerns the age, sex, cultural makeup, or other characteristics of a group or population. Can also include demographic change, the predicted quantitative makeup of a population based upon present-day or past figures.

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Looking for extensive world population time series including both data and estimates

Does anyone know of a source for whole-world population data, including extrapolated estimates for the times before whole-world demographic records are available?
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US Median Household Income by Age and Cohort

I'm looking for a dataset of US block-groups (or lowest available) that has household income by age bracket. E.g. Age 35-50 Household Income, broken into monetary segments - 0-15k, etc. Is this available in open form? I'm aware of something…
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Does Life Expectancy at a certain year refer to lifespan of people born that year or average lifespan of all people living that year?

For example, life expectancy in Russia in 1945 was 23.6 years. ► Does this mean that ANYONE alive in 1945 was expected to die at around 24 years of age (on average)? ► Or does this mean that people born in 1945 were expected to live only 24 years…
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