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There are two ways in which a population can grow: from an excess of births over deaths; and from an excess of immigrants over emigrants. In Europe in our period the first was much more important than the second.
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Anderson, M. (1988). Migration. In: Population Change in North-Western Europe, 1750–1850. Studies in Economic and Social History. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06558-5_4
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