Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, second unified edition, English volume

Area

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Area  (AREA)


Population statistics are generally presented in terms of the geographical distribution of the population 1 or the spatial distribution of the population 1, and also by structure (144-4). Each population lives in a given area 2 or territory 2 (305-6), and the study of the geographical distribution 3 or spatial distribution 3 deals with the way in which they are distributed over the territory.

  • 2. Territory, n. - territorial, adj.

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