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Trends in the components of population growth in the arab countries of the middle east: A survey of present information

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Este trabajo intenta proporcionar informaciónsobre la demografia de los paises drabee del Medio Este, a principios de la décade presente. Presenta y evalua datos defuentes directas e indirectas. Se estudia la distribución y compoeición. de la poblacion, migración externa e interna, y los niveles y tedencias defertilidad y mortalidad, conla profundidad que permitenlos datos. Se intenta estudiar loscambios quepresentan estos componentes del crecimiento de la poblacion, en relacum al desarrollo económico general.

En la República Arabe Unida, que posee mejores estadisticas, se estudian las diferencias de fertilidad regional y las tendencias y factores que las afectan. Se presentan medidas de niveles de mortalidad, incluyendo una tabla de vida, se estudia la migracion, tomando como base los datos del censo sobre Lugar de nacimiento. Se discuten brevemente las perspectivas de desarrollo económico en relocitm. al crecimiento de la población.

Se describen las poblaciones de Jordan, Siria, y Libano en relaciot: a 8U distribucion, crecimiento natural, migracion y recursos, utilizando informacion fragmentada. Las poblaciones de Iraq y Kuwait fueron analizadas a traves de los datos censales, junto coninformacion económica.

El estudio muestra que mientras existen similitudes demograficas considerables en la región, los problemas de población queencaran los diferentes paises, son diferentes. Así se tiene que además de los fadores culturales comunes, existe semejanza en una alta fertilidad, alta mortalidad perodeereciente, un altoporcentaje depoblacion rural, y problemas tipicos deuna etapadedesarrollo económico, Sin embargo, encontramos las siguientes diferencias: poruna parte, la República Arabe Unida, cuyo desarrollo economico se enfrenta con el problema de sobrepoblación, y Jordán donde la repentina inmigracion ha sobrepasado sus recursoslimitados. Por otra parte, Siria e Iraq no están densamente poblados, tienen abundante tierra, agua y otros recursos potenciales. La población. de Jordán goza de un alto nivel de vida, pero tiene el problema de heterogeneidad de población. Libano y hasta cierto punto Siria, han exportado poblacion a diferentes partes delmundo. Una situacióndiferente presenta Kuwait, cuya poblacitm se compone de una mitad de extranjeros, cuya existencia y riquezase debe a sus inmensos recursos petroleros mas quea tierra y agua.

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This paper was delivered at the Conference on Demographic and Economic Trends in the Developing Countries, organized by the Social Science Research Council and the Population Council, Inc., in New York.

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El-Badry, M.A. Trends in the components of population growth in the arab countries of the middle east: A survey of present information. Demography 2, 140–186 (1965). https://doi.org/10.2307/2060112

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