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India’s demographic trajectory is changing, marking a significant shift from the times when phrases like “population explosion” dominated discussions about its burgeoning populace. [The [...]

Latest data shows number of Japanese nationals falling by almost 100 an hour on average despite government efforts. [Leo Lewis – Financial Times, 12 April 2024.] READ MORE

This projection shows that if fertility and net migration remain stable after 2023 and life expectancy continues to rise, the population of France should not start falling before 2070. [Anne [...]

Germany’s population now stands at 84.7 million while domestic death rates have exceeded birth rates every year since reunification. [Deutsche Welle, 25 January 2024.] READ MORE

Individuals in the future will face increasing demands for informal care from kin worldwide, albeit with significant regional variation. For example, great-grandparents will be more common in the [...]

Between 1 January 2021 and 1 January 2022, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the EU’s population decreased by 265 257 people, due to natural population changes (more deaths than births), as net [...]

A survey by the JRC, IIASA and the UN Population Division where experts were asked to assess the validity and relevance of alternative arguments about the forces that could shape future [...]

The Bank of Korea has analyzed that the concentration of young people in the Seoul metropolitan area is a key cause of the declining birth rate and undermined growth potential. [The Hankyoreh, 3 [...]