Term:
Base population
Definition:

The number of people in a given area (for example, a nation, province or city) to which a specific vital rate applies; that is, the denominator of the crude birth rate or death rate, the population being determined from census data.

Domain:
Population
Source:
ESCWA: Bulletin on Population and Vital Statistics in The Arab Region; Sixteenth Issue 2013
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