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Country ageing at fastest rate on record and small rise in population due to inward migration, delayed survey shows.
By Severin Carrell
By Matthew Lesh
Birth rate slump in West will address overconsumption, former government adviser says.
By Eir Nolsøe
Earth4All’s recent People and Planet report is the latest attempt at modelling sustainable population projections through the 21st century. It caused a number of exaggerated newspaper headlines, but are its projections of a significant fall in population by 2100 plausible?
A new projection of the population growth rate highlights that the world’s population could peak at 8.5 billion people by 2050, and decline to 7 billion in 2100
Based on official population estimates and population projections, this briefing examines the impact of migration on recent and future UK demographic trends.
By Felix Richter
US birth rates are at record lows – even though the number of kids most Americans say they want has held steady
An article from The Conversation.
By Sarah Hayford, Professor of Sociology; Director, Institute for Population Research, The Ohio State University & Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Low birth rates, more mixed relationships, and the elderly joining their ancestors are all contributing to fall in census numbers.
By Leah Mahon
The UK is also continuing to see a long-term shift towards an older population.
By Ian Jones
Population growth is one of the top two drivers of climate and ecological destruction, writes Donnachadh McCarthy.
Why does population ageing matter and what do the Census 2021 data tell us? This article was compiled in partnership with Age UK, the Centre for Ageing Better and the International Longevity Centre UK.
By Angele Storey
With increasing numbers of women rejecting motherhood, governments are left scrambling to try and encourage a baby boom.
By Rosa Silverman
The world’s population is ageing. How are we to pay for the pensions and healthcare of a burgeoning number of elderly?
By Bernd Debusmann
By John Humphrys
Ten key messages
An article from The Conversation.
By Ann Berrington, Professor of Demography, Centre for Population Change, University of Southampton and Joanne Ellison, Research Fellow, Centre for Population Change, University of Southampton.
By Tejvan Pettinger
