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Different populations have different numbers of individuals of different ages. Consider the human populations of Mexico and Sweden in 1990. Mexico had more individuals in total than Sweden, and a larger fraction of their population was of child bearing age or younger (Figs. 2.1a, 2.1b).
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Stevens, M.H.H. (2009). Density-independent Demography. In: Stevens, M.H.H. (eds) A Primer of Ecology with R. Use R!. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-89882-7_2
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