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 Resource Studie

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, updated
-- Sociosite: Demography & Population Studies
-- Population and Population Growth

Population and Development
World Development Chart: Child Survival and Income: 4 Paths

Sweden
4 Iceland
y World Development Chart
Health
Singapore Finland Norway
Japan
Korea Rep. Denmark
with four different historical patterns 1960 -2000 Malta Spain
Germany
Switzerland
6 Download free software: www.gapminder.com and www.whc.ki.se Czech Slovenia France
Italy
Austria Luxemburg
Australia
Republic New Zeeland Ireland
Children dying before age 5 per 1000 births (log scale)
Macao Cyprus Canada
UK
8 Cuba 2000
Portugal
Greece
Israel
Taiwan
Belgium
Netherlands
Croatia
Slovakia USA
Brunei
10 Malaysia 2000
Poland Hungary United Arab Emirates
Cuba 1995 Lithuania Estonia Bahrain
Oman Chile Kuwait
Cuba 1990 Ukraine Bulgaria
Belarus
Costa Rica Barbados
Qatar
Size =
Malaysia 1995
Uruguay
Bahamas Population
Cuba 1985 Armenia Yugoslavia
Bosnia
FYR Macedonia
Latvia Trinidad & Tobago in millions
Sri Lanka Malaysia 1990
20 Azerbaijan
Georgia Fiji
Mauritius 1
Cuba 1980 Moldova Venezuela
RussiaLibya Argentina 10
Solomon Jamaica Romania
Surinam Colombia Panama Saudi Arabia
Uzbekistan Island Syria Paraguay
Lebanon
100
Kazakhstan
Tajikistan Jordan Sweden 1950
30 West Bank &
Viet Nam Albania
Malaysia 1985
Tunisia
Cuba 1975
Gaza
Ecuador China El Salvador Thailand
1000
Kyrgyzstan Belize Mexico
Philippines Algeria
40 Cuba 1970
Nicaragua
Honduras
Turkmenistan
Peru
Iran Brazil
Malaysia 1980Cape Verde Turkey
Korea, Dem. Rep.
50 Cuba 1965
Indonesia
Guatemala Dominican Rep.
Colour
Cuba 1960 Malaysia 1975
Egypt
60 Malaysia 1970 Morocco
Mongolia
Comoros Papua New Guinea Guyana
=
80 Bangladesh
Bolivia
Malaysia 1965
Maldives South Africa Continents
Asia & Pacific
Yemen Gabon 2000
Malaysia 1960 India
100 Eritrea Congo, RepMyanmar Sudan
Nepal Ghana
Gabon 1990
Gabon 1980
Botswana Americas
Bhutan Lao Zimbabwe Europe
Djibouti Kenya Gambia Haiti Iraq Namibia
Cambodia Pakistan Leshoto Swaziland
Tanzania Madagascar Benin Central Senegal Sub-Saharan Africa
African Rep. Cameroon
Togo
Burundi Ethiopia Nigeria Uganda
Equatorial North Africa &
Guinea Gabon 1975
Zambia Chad Mauritania Eastern Meditteranian
Malawi 2000 Mozambique Côte d'Ivoire
200 Somalia
Guinea
Bissau Burkina Faso
Angola Gabon 1970
Malawi 1990 Mali Rwanda
Congo, Guinea 174 countries with > 250 000 inhabitants, year 2000
Malawi 1980 DR Niger
Liberia
Source: World Development Indicators 2002 & estimates in italic
Sierra Leone Afghanistan © 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 Poor Yearly income in US dollars per person (PPP, log scale) Rich

Population and Development
World Development Chart: Child Survival and Income:
Cuba, Guatemala, Sweden

Sweden 2000
4 Iceland
y World Development Chart
Health
Singapore Finland Norway
Japan
Korea Rep. Denmark
with two different historical patterns Malta Spain
Germany
Switzerland
6 Download free software: www.gapminder.com and www.whc.ki.se Czech Slovenia France
Italy
Austria Luxemburg
Ireland Australia
Republic New Zeeland
Children dying before age 5 per 1000 births (log scale)
Macao Cyprus UK Canada Belgium
Israel
8 Cuba 2000
Portugal
Greece
Sweden Netherlands
1990 Brunei
Croatia Taiwan Sweden
Slovakia United Arab Emirates USA
1980
10 Malaysia
Poland Hungary
Cuba 1995 Lithuania Estonia Bahrain
Oman Chile Kuwait
Size =
Belarus Barbados
Costa Rica Sweden 1970
Cuba 1990 Ukraine Bulgaria Qatar
Russia Uruguay
Bahamas Population
Armenia Yugoslavia
Bosnia
FYR Macedonia
Latvia
Trinidad & Tobago in millions
Sri Lanka Mauritius
20 Azerbaijan
Moldova
Georgia Fiji Venezuela Libya
Sweden 1960
Argentina
1
Cuba 1980 Romania 10
Solomon Jamaica Saudi Arabia
Surinam Panama
Colombia
Uzbekistan Island Syria Paraguay 100
Lebanon Kazakhstan Sweden 1950
Tajikistan Jordan
30 West Bank &
Viet Nam Albania
Ecuador
Tunisia
Thailand
Gaza Kyrgyzstan China El Salvador
Belize Mexico 1000
Philippines Algeria
40 Cuba 1970
Nicaragua
Honduras
Turkmenistan
Peru
Iran Brazil
Guatemala 2000 Turkey
Korea, Dem. Rep. Cape Verde
50 Dominican Rep.
Cuba 1960 Indonesia Sweden 1940
Colour
60 Morocco
Mongolia Papua Guatemala Egypt =
New Guinea
Comoros 1990 Guyana Sweden 1930
80 Bolivia
Continents
Bangladesh Asia & Pacific
Yemen Sweden 1920 South Africa
Gabon
Pakistan India Americas
100 Eritrea Congo, RepMyanmar Sudan
Nepal Ghana Iraq Zimbabwe Sweden 1910 Botswana
Bhutan Lao Swaziland Namibia Europe
Djibouti Kenya Gambia Haiti
Cambodia Guatemala 1980 Sub-Saharan Africa
Tanzania Madagascar Benin Central Senegal
Togo Sweden 1900 Equatorial
African Rep.Cameroon
Sweden 1890 Guinea
North Africa &
Burundi Ethiopia Nigeria Eastern Meditteranian
UgandaMauritania Sweden Guatemala 1970
Zambia 1880
Mozambique Côte d'Ivoire
200 Malawi
Somalia
Guinea Chad
Bissau RwandaBurkina Sweden 1870 Guatemala 1960 174 countries with > 250 000 inhabitants, year 2000
Faso Angola Main Source: World Development Indicators 2002 (estimates in italic)
Congo, GuineaMali Guatemala 1950
DR Niger 19th Centurys Swedish Child mortality is estimated from Infant mortality(Mitchel),
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 Poor Yearly income in US dollars per person (PPP, log scale) Rich

Population and Development
World Development Chart: Life
Expectancy and Income: 1999

82 Japan
HongSwedenChina
Kong, Switzerland
80 France Iceland
Canada
Australia
Italy
Israel
Spain Austria NorwayUnited States of America
SingaporeBelgium
Malta
Greece New Zealand Germany
Cyprus United Finland
Netherlands
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 Arabia
Malaysia Saudi Republic Bahrain
China TunisiaLithuania
Grenada
Trinidad and Tobago
Mauritius
Jordan Colombia
Bulgaria Hungary
Algeria
Paraguay
Lebanon Estonia
Latvia
Suriname
Ecuador
Syria Turkey
Romania
Life expectancy at birth
Vietnam Philippines
El Salvador
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 Russia
Kyrgyz Republic
Mongolia
India
Azerbaijan Guatemala
Turkmenistan
Size: Population in millions
65 Pakistan
Bolivia Kazakhstan 1
Bhutan
10
Guyana
Bangladesh
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 InformationNetwork (POPIN)
Committee for International Cooperation in National Resea
International Migration and Colonization (Intute)
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 (IDMC)
●ReliefWeb maps

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

Population and Migration sites (cont’d)
• Center for Migration Studies (CMS)
• Migration Policy Group
• Migration Policy Institute (MPI)
• Global and U.S. Migration Information & Statistics sit
• University of Texas Austin Demographics & Statistics l

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