Aims and objectives

Aim

To introduce the most important concepts and methods used for making population projections.

Objectives

At the end of this session, you should be able to:

• Define and distinguish between a population projection and a population forecast
• Apply simple mathematical models of growth to extrapolate total population
• Undertake a straightforward projection of population size by age and sex using the cohort-component method.

This session will take approximately 3.5 hours to complete.