Demography

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After 7 billion

Michael Cook | 31 October 2011 |

tags: demography, population aging

Demographic denialists are ignoring the perils of an ageing population.

Why America might pull through the demographic collapse

Denyse O'Leary | 31 October 2011 |

tags: demography, population, USA

it is mainly religious people who raise children, and more women in America are religious.

Bad shot: when will WHO warn women about the contraceptive jab?

Carolyn Moynihan | 28 October 2011 |

tags: Africa, contraception, demography, HIVAIDS, WHO

The latest strong evidence that hormonal contraception is linked with AIDS finds experts still dallying.

Why Islam is in as much trouble as the West

Denyse O’Leary | 24 October 2011 |

tags: demography, Islam, population

Many countries in the Muslim world, including Iran, are also in demographic freefall.

Past our peak

Danny Dorling | 20 October 2011 |

tags: demography, migration, population decline

An open borders advocate finds encouragement in the likelihood of world population declining.

How many people is too many?

Dermot Grenham | 13 September 2011 |

tags: demography, United Nations

The latest projections from the United Nations show that there could be 10 billion people on the planet by 2100.

Where an ageing population is not a problem

Chinwuba Iyizoba | 24 May 2011 |

tags: demography, Nigeria

Nigeria could have 725 million people by 2100. This is great news and a great opportunity, says a Nigerian engineer.

With so much shopping to do, who has time for kids?

Michael Cook | 13 May 2011 |

tags: demography, fertility

Some countries may be caught in a low-fertility trap which dooms them to declining populations.

Europe for Families, Families for Europe

Vincenzina Santoro | 19 April 2011 |

tags: demography, Europe

The most recent figures show an uptick in European birth rates. Is this a sign of renewed vitality in the Old World?

The age of ageing

Vincenzina Santoro | 28 February 2011 |

tags: ageing, demography, elderly

The proportion and sheer numbers of the elderly are unprecedented in the history of humanity.

A nation turns away from abortion

Vincenzina Santoro | 13 September 2010 |

tags: abortion, demography, Italy

It's not true that abortion statistics are irreversible. Italy proves it. 

Shall the religious inherit the earth?

Eric P Kaufmann | 06 April 2010 |

tags: demography, religion, secularism

Quite likely, on current demographic trends, argues a British political scientist in a book just published in Britain.

China’s Cassandra prophecy

Constance Kong | 25 January 2010 |

tags: China, demography, one-child policy

The Government’s 2020 vision has been blind-sided by a think tank's report on its population policy disaster

Yeomanry making a comeback

Phillip Longman | 08 January 2010 |

tags: demography, family business, yeomanry

For reasons of technology, demography, culture, and efficiency, big is no longer necessarily better. Will the 21st century revive family businesses?

Abortion in Italy declines while fertility inches up

Vincenzina Santoro | 15 October 2009 |

tags: abortion, demography, Italy, population

Is Italy breaking out of a demographic nose-dive?

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