الاتجاهات الحديثة لنمو السكان و آثارها في منطقة المدينة المنورة بالمملكة العربية السعودية

Abstract EN

This study aims to reveal the modern trends of population growth in the Medina area, as well as determine the variation in these rates between governorates of the region, and try to explain this variation in the light of demographic and economic theories.

The study relied on census data for the years 1394, 1413, 1425, 1431 A.H.

The growth rates were calculated applying the exponential equation, as has been establishing a number of figures that show growth rates in the region and the governorates.

The study showed lower rates of annual population growth during the period 1413-1431 (1.35%) after these rates were high during the period 1394 - 1413 (3.88%) as a result of migration, fertility levels change.

The study also showed variations in the rates of population growth among cities in the governorates, and that there is a direct correlation between population growth and migration in the region and major governorates and cities and the availability of facilities and basic services.