In a South Australian leaders’ debate, Jay Weatherill and Nick Xenophon disagreed over the extent to which young people are leaving the state in search of better opportunities. We asked the experts.
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The upcoming census, like many before it, will boil complex information on race, ethnicity and ancestry into just two questions. That leaves a lot of important information out of the data.
In the 1990s, older Californians struggled to make way for a younger, more diverse generation. Here’s how that ‘racial generation gap’ transformed the state – and what it means for the rest of the US.
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The audio version of a long read on stalling life expectancy in the UK.
Many cities lack the resources to analyze their own vast troves of administrative data.
Life expectancy has been steadily improving in the UK for 110 years. Until now.
The world’s population has reached 8 billion and is expected to climb to nearly 10 billion by 2050. Why will population growth inevitably continue? Should we try to reduce or stop this growth?
Indonesia has a lot of catching up to do to provide its people with skills, including digital literacy, to find jobs in a shifting landscape propelled by innovation in digital technology.
Leaving no-one behind is a catchphrase that seeks to ensure that all people benefit from the global development agenda set in the sustainable development goals.
Australia will be left behind without adequate planning and preparation on fertility issues.
John Thompson was more than just another Washington bean counter. His resignation may affect which party controls Congress after 2020.
Melbourne is Australia’s most rapidly growing city, a title it wrested from Perth around 2013-14. Several of Australia’s big cities are growing well above the national average population growth rate.
Is Trump up or down? Will the public vote yes or no? Who will win the election? A mathematician’s guide to understanding polls in the media.
Nine out of 10 rural places experienced increases in diversity from 1990 to 2010. Data show a more diverse future is guaranteed across all of America, and there’s no going back.
‘Rural America’ is a deceptively simple term for a remarkably diverse collection of places. Understanding – and improving – these parts of the country is critical for all Americans.
When it comes to public services, it’s not just a question of demand, but also one of supply.
How can we possibly know how many millions of people are living in the U.S. illegally? Demographers have actually refined a simple formula that’s worked pretty well since the 1970s.
In her maiden speech to the Senate, One Nation leader Pauline Hanson said Australia is in danger of being swamped by Muslims. What does the data say?
Italy is the latest in a line of countries with ageing populations trying to boost proceation through a ‘fertility day’.
Superannuation, health and child care are among the issues that are likely to matter most to voters in the bellwether NSW seats of Eden-Monaro, Robertson and Lindsay.
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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
