For the first time since 1961, deaths in China have outpaced births – and unlike that one-year decline, the downward trend is likely to continue.
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Childbearing goals have remained remarkably consistent over the decades. What has changed is when people start their families and how many kids they end up having.
Arguments about population growth are unhelpful, distracting and often racist.
The shift to remote work has led to a population boom for towns close to Australia’s major cities. That boom threatens to change what makes those towns so appealing.
Nasty, brutish – but not necessarily short. Here’s how archaeologists know plenty of people didn’t die young.
Women’s contributions to global Christianity are immense, but scholars’ understanding is hampered by limited data.
Census is a huge scientific responsibility that requires a high level of preparedness, transparency and quality assurance.
Many young people are bleak about what the future holds - and this is having an impact on their plans to have children.
Between May 2020 and early September 2021, over a quarter of a million more people have died from natural causes than was predicted for that time period.
Jeanne Calment of France died in 1997 at the age of 122 years and 164 days. That record will be broken this century, statistical models suggest.
Census 2021 is no ordinary population survey – it will lay the foundation for Australia’s post-pandemic future.
Because of the pandemic, we know less about the shape and size of our society than we have for decades.
Once the pandemic is over, London’s gravitational pull is likely to come back into play.
Planning for Nigeria’s next census scheduled for 2021 must address critical issues.
Reliance on paper-based birth certificates is becoming less practical. They also make it harder for all babies to be officially recognised.
With 70 percent of its people under 30 years, Nigeria needs to harness the strength in its youthful population.
Large numbers of young people can represent great economic potential. But this only works if Nigeria can invest in their health and education and new economic opportunities.
Under a severe scenario, Australia’s population will be 4% smaller than if the pandemic hadn’t occurred.
The governments of several African countries have been reporting counts of confirmed cases, recoveries and deaths related to COVID-19, without a breakdown by age and sex.
Why there’s no need to panic over warning of ‘jaw-dropping’ fertility decline.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor of Social Science and Public Policy, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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Demographer, ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods, Australian National University
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Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, University of Oxford
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Roy C. Buck Professor of Sociology and Demography, Penn State
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Professor and Demographer, Macquarie University
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Lecturer, Queensland Centre for Population Research, The University of Queensland
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Professor of International Politics and Director of the Center for Strategic Studies, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Anthropologue et démographe, professeur émérite au Muséum national d’histoire naturelle et conseiller de la direction de l'INED, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN)
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Associate professor, University of Ibadan
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Professor of Demography, University of Cape Town
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Professor Emeritus of Law and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Case Western Reserve University
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Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M University
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Professor of Demography, University of Ibadan
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Professor of Demography and Social Statistics., Obafemi Awolowo University
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Adjunct Research Fellow, Institute for Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University
