Estimations made using the Cohort-component method of population projection suggest that India’s population will edge up from 1,355.8 million in 2021 to 1,590.1 million by 2051, posting a modest ...

The size of the average family may shrink significantly in the coming decades, scientists have forecast. While the average 65-year-old woman in 1950 had an average of 41 relatives still alive, a woman ...

Central Asia is entering a decisive demographic phase, with rapid population growth and a sharply expanding workforce, while ...

5 September 2024 - The global demographic landscape has evolved greatly, driven in large part by rapid fertility declines in some of the world’s most populous countries. Understanding how population ...

The US workforce has undergone a profound demographic transition in recent decades: it has aged significantly, and the share of workers with a college education has steadily risen. This blog post ...

China’s population of 1.4 billion people is the largest in the world, right? Not anymore. In 2023 India surpassed China as the most populous country. China’s population began shrinking in 2022, and ...

Population aging is a strong trend that will lead to greater fiscal imbalances and economic stagnation in high-income countries. Immigration is a way to offset population decline, but there is a risk ...

World Population Prospects 2024: Summary of Results adopts the analytical framework of the demographic transition—the historic shift towards longer lives and smaller families—approximated here by the ...