DEMOGRAPHY
and the
OTTOMAN EMPIRE
WHAT IS DEMOGRAPHY?
“The statistical
study of human
populations.”
 Size
 Structure
 Distribution
 Changes
 Demographics:
the description
of a population.
POLITICAL DEMOGRAPHY
“The study of how human population change affects politics.”
 Birth
 Death
 Age Structure
 Migration
How do we measure it?
 Indirectly
 Directly
WHAT CAN A CENSUS TELL US?
United States
Iran
Nigeria
DEMOGRAPHIC PROBLEMS
Immigration
Age Structure
 Youth Bulges
 Population Aging
DEMOGRAPHIC PROBLEMS
Gender
 Sex selected abortions
 Female Infanticide
Environment
OTTOMAN
EMPIRE
 Early Years
 Expansion to Empire
 Suleiman the
Magnificent (15201566)
DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Population

Estimated Size: 11,692,480 in 1520

Counting?

Coverage

Definition of Concepts

Migration

Tax Exempt Groups
Distribution
Religiosity