Population Studies in an

Era of Mass Migration

Anthony M. Angiletta
Morrison Curator for the Social
Sciences
Updated May 15, 2009
 This Map
Depicts African
Populations
That Fled
During 1999
Population Studies and
Demography as a Field of
Inquiry

•an auxiliary science

•an interdisciplinary social science

• a “given” of all social science

•Migration studies as subfield

Population Studies and
Demography at Stanford

•
Morrison Institute for Population and R
Stanford-only resources
•Selected list of source
articles, etc. keyed to current
migration and refugee terms
--Primordial Texts
--JSTOR, Annual Reviews,
Project Muse
--Academic Universe
--PolicyFile
--CIAO
Beyond Stanford-only
sources

General population studies sites

--Internet Resources for Demographers

--
Internet Resources for Demographers, upd
--
Sociosite: Demography & Population Studi
-- Population and Population Growth
 Population and Development
World Development Chart: Child Survival and
Income: 4 Paths
 Sweden
4 Iceland

h y World Development Chart Singapore Norway

Healt
Finland
Japan
Korea Rep. Denmark
with four different historical patterns 1960 -2000 Malta Spain
Germany
Switzerland
6 Download free software: www.gapminder.com and Slovenia France Austria Luxemburg
(log

Czech
Australia
www.whc.ki.se Republic New Zeeland Italy Ireland
Macao Cyprus Canada
Portugal UK
8 Greece
Israel Belgium
Netherlands
Children dying before age 5 per 1000 births

Cuba 2000 Croatia Taiwan USA

Slovakia
Poland Brunei
10 Malaysia 2000
Hungary United Arab Emirates
Cuba 1995 Lithuania Estonia Bahrain
Oman Chile Kuwait

Cuba 1990 Ukraine

Belarus
Bulgaria
Costa Rica Barbados
Qatar
Size =
Malaysia 1995
Uruguay
Bahamas Population
in
Cuba 1985 ArmeniaYugoslavia FYR Macedonia
Bosnia Sri Lanka Malaysia 1990 Latvia Trinidad & Tobago
millions
20 Azerbaijan
Georgia Fiji
Mauritius 1
Cuba 1980 Moldova Venezuela
RussiaLibya Argentina 10
SolomonJamaica Romania
Surinam Panama
Colombia Saudi Arabia
Uzbekistan Island Syria Paraguay
Lebanon
100
Kazakhstan
Tajikistan Jordan Sweden 1950
30 Viet Nam
West Bank &
Albania
Ecuador
Malaysia 1985
Tunisia
Cuba 1975
Gaza
China ElBelize Salvador Thailand
1000
Kyrgyzstan Mexico
Philippines Algeria
40 Cuba 1970
Nicaragua
Honduras
Turkmenistan
Peru
Iran Brazil
Korea, Dem. Malaysia 1980
Cape Verde Turkey
50 Cuba 1965
Cuba 1960
Rep.
Indonesia
Guatemala
Malaysia 1975
Dominican Rep.
Colour
Egypt
60 Malaysia 1970 Morocco =
Mongolia
Comoros Papua New Guinea Guyana Continent
80 Yemen
Bangladesh
Bolivia
Malaysia 1965
Maldives
Gabon 2000
South Africa
s Asia & Pacific
Malaysia 1960 India
100 Eritrea Congo, Rep Myanmar
Nepal Sudan Ghana
Gabon 1990
Gabon 1980
Botswana Americas
Bhutan Lao Zimbabwe Europe
Djibouti Kenya Gambia Haiti PakistaIraq Namibia
Cambodia Leshoto Swaziland
Madagascar Benin Central Senegal n Sub-Saharan
Tanzania
African Rep. Cameroon Africa
Togo North Africa &
Ethiopia Nigeria Uganda
Equatorial
Burundi Guinea Eastern
ZambiaChad Mauritania Gabon 1975
Malawi 2000 Meditteranian
Mozambique Côte d'Ivoire
200 Somalia
Guinea
Bissau Burkina Faso
Angola Gabon 1970
Malawi 1990 Mali Rwanda
Guinea
Congo, 174 countries with > 250 000 inhabitants, year 2000
scale)

Malawi 1980 DR Niger

Liberia Afghanistan
Source: World Development Indicators 2002 & estimates in italic
Sierra Leone © Hans Rosling, hans.rosling@phs.ki.se
300 Malawi 1970 Gabon 1960
Gabon 1965
Division of International Health, Dept. of Public Health Sciences,
Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 76, Stockholm, Sweden
Malawi 1960
400
400 600 1 000 2 000 4 000 6000 10 000 20 000 40 000
Sick oor Yearly income in US dollars per person Rich
P (PPP, log scale)
 Population and Development
World Development Chart: Child Survival
and Income:
Cuba, Guatemala, Sweden
 Sweden 2000
4 Iceland

h y World Development Chart Singapore Norway

Healt
Finland
Japan
Korea Rep. Denmark
with two different historical patterns Malta Spain
Germany
Switzerland
6 Download free software: www.gapminder.com and Slovenia France Austria Luxemburg
(log

Czech
Australia
www.whc.ki.se Republic New Zeeland Italy Ireland
Macao Cyprus UK CanadaBelgium
Portugal Israel SwedenNetherlands
8 Greece 1990 Brunei
Children dying before age 5 per 1000 births

Cuba 2000 Croatia Taiwan Sweden USA

SlovakiaUnited Arab Emirates
Poland 1980
10 Malaysia
Hungary
Cuba 1995 Lithuania Estonia Bahrain
Oman Chile Kuwait
Barbados
Cuba 1990 Ukraine Bulgaria
Belarus
Costa Rica Sweden 1970
Qatar
Size =
Yugoslavia Russia Uruguay
Bahamas Population
in
Armenia FYR Macedonia Trinidad & Tobago
Bosnia Sri Lanka Latvia
Mauritius millions
20 Azerbaijan
Moldova
Georgia Fiji Venezuela Libya
Sweden 1960
Argentina
1
Cuba 1980 Romania 10
SolomonJamaica Saudi Arabia
Surinam Panama
Colombia
Uzbekistan Island Syria Paraguay 100
Lebanon Kazakhstan Sweden 1950
Tajikistan Jordan
30 Viet Nam
West Bank &
Albania
Ecuador
Tunisia
El Salvador Thailand
Gaza Kyrgyzstan China Belize Mexico 1000
Philippines Algeria
40 Cuba 1970
Nicaragua
Honduras
Turkmenistan
Peru
Iran Brazil
Korea, Dem. Guatemala 2000 Turkey
Colour
Cape Verde Dominican Rep.
50 Cuba 1960
Rep.
Indonesia Sweden 1940
60 Morocco
Egypt
=
PapuaGuatemala
Mongolia
Comoros New Guinea
1990 Guyana Sweden 1930 Continent
80 Yemen
Bangladesh
Bolivia
South Africa
s Asia & Pacific
Sweden 1920
Gabon
Pakistan India Americas
100 Eritrea Congo, RepMyanmar
Nepal Sudan Ghana Iraq Zimbabwe Sweden 1910 Botswana

Bhutan Lao Swaziland Namibia Europe

Djibouti Kenya Gambia Haiti Guatemala Sub-Saharan
Cambodia
TanzaniaMadagascar BeninCentral Senegal 1980 Africa
Togo
African Rep.
Sweden 1900 Equatorial North Africa &
Cameroon Sweden 1890 Guinea Eastern
Nigeria
BurundiEthiopia Uganda Sweden Guatemala Meditteranian
Zambia Mauritania
Côte d'Ivoire
Mozambique 1880 1970
200 Malawi
Somalia
Guinea Chad
Burkina
Bissau Rwanda Faso Sweden 1870
Guatemala
174 countries with > 250 000 inhabitants, year 2000
Angola 1960 Main Source: World Development Indicators 2002 (estimates in italic)
Congo, GuineaMali Guatemala
scale)

DR Niger 1950 19th Centurys Swedish Child mortality is estimated from Infant mortality(Mitche
Liberia and Income is estimated from Maddison.
Sierra Leone Afghanistan
300 © Hans Rosling, hans.rosling@phs.ki.se
Division of International Health, Dept. of Public Health Sciences,
Karolinska Institutet, SE-171 76, Stockholm, Sweden
400
400 600 1 000 2 000 4 000 6000 10 000 20 000 40 000
Sick oor Yearly income in US dollars per person Rich
P (PPP, log scale)
 Population and
Development
World Development Chart:
Life Expectancy and
Income: 1999
 82 Japan

HongSweden
Kong, China
Switzerland
80 France
Italy
Iceland
Canada
Australia
Norway
Israel
Spain Austria United States of America
SingaporeBelgium
Malta
Greece New Zealand Germany
Netherlands
Finland
Cyprus United Kingdom
Costa Rica
Luxembourg
Cuba Kuwait Ireland
Dominica Denmark
Chile Portugal
Jamaica Slovenia
United Arab Emirates
Barbados
Czech Republic
Panama
75 Armenia
Albania Belize
Venezuela
Uruguay
Mexico
Poland
Argentina
Republic of Korea
Sri Lanka Croatia
Georgia Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Slovak Republic Bahrain
Malaysia Saudi Arabia
China Grenada
TunisiaLithuania
Trinidad and Tobago
Mauritius
Jordan Colombia
Bulgaria Hungary
Algeria
Paraguay
Lebanon Estonia
Latvia
Suriname
Ecuador
Syria Turkey
Life expectancy at birth

Philippines
El Salvador Romania
Vietnam Peru
70 Solomon Islands Nicaragua Egypt Ukraine
Fiji
Cape Verde
Iran
Thailand
Brazil
Bahamas, The

Maldives
Vanuatu Morocco Belarus
Uzbekistan
Moldova Indonesia Dominican Republic
Tajikistan

Honduras
Kyrgyz Republic
Russia
Size: Population in
Mongolia Azerbaijan Guatemala

65
India Turkmenistan
millions
Pakistan

Bolivia Kazakhstan 1
Bhutan Guyana
Bangladesh
10
Comoros

60
100
Nepal

Sudan
Papua New Guinea
Yemen
1000
55
Ghana

Madagascar

Laos
Cambodia
Gambia, The
Benin Gabon
Haiti Senegal

Africa
Congo, Rep. Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea Mauritania
50
Togo
Cameroon
Americas
Asia
Chad

Angola
Guinea
South Africa
Europa
Kenya
45 Niger Nigeria
Guinea-Bissau Côte d'Ivoire
Djibouti Arab countries
Swaziland
Namibia

Tanzania Burkina Faso Lesotho

Central African Republic
Uganda

Burundi Ethiopia
Mozambique
Main source:
Mali
World Development
40
Rwanda
Zimbabwe
Indicators 2003
Sierra Leone Zambia Botswana
Malawi
37
500 700 1 000 2 000 3 000 5 000 7 000 10 000 20 000 30 000

GDP per capita in 1995 international dollars Log scale

Human Development
Trends, 2005
Source: Human Development Report
2005Download(PC)United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP), Gapminder, 2005
Population and Migration
sites

International Organization for Migration

United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
United Nations Population InformationNet
Committee for International Cooperation
International Migration and Colonization (
European Migration Research
Institutes
Immigration index
Population and Migration sites
(cont’d)

CIESIN Population Datasets and Viewers

Borderlands Information Center links
Forced Migration I
Forced Migration II
●
Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDM
●ReliefWeb maps
 Population and Migration sites
(cont’d)

●
U.S. Committee for Refugees (USCR)
• History of International Migrations
• Center for Migration and Development (
 Population and Migration
sites (cont’d)

• Center for Migration Studies (CMS)

• Migration Policy Group
• Migration Policy Institute (MPI)
• Global and U.S. Migration Information &
• University of Texas Austin Demographic
 Framing the Issue in the U.S.

• The New Americans: Economic, Demographic, and Fiscal Effects

(National Academy Press, 1997) Print version: Green
Library JV6471 .N43 1997

• The Immigration Debate:Studies on the Economic, Demographic,

Print version: Green Library JV6471 .I445 1998
 Conclusion
• World Resources Institute: Earth Trends
• “It’s the Demography, Stupid!” : A
Current Depiction of the Basal Role
of Population: here