folketap
Folketap is a term used in Norwegian demography to describe a decline in the size of a population, resulting from births falling short of deaths and/or from net outward migration. It is applied to historical population losses as well as to contemporary trends, and it highlights the combined effects of natural decrease and migratory flows on population size.
Causes of folketap include high mortality from wars, epidemics, or famines; long-term demographic patterns such as
Measurement and indicators rely on population counts from censuses, vital statistics on births and deaths, and
Context and implications vary by scale. Folketap can occur at local, regional, or national levels and may
Management and policy responses commonly aim to counteract folketap through incentives to increase birth rates, immigration
See also: depopulation, population decline, natural decrease, migration.