Demography

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The fallacy of a happy, productive and ageing work force

Denyse O'Leary | 17 May 2013 |

tags: ageing population, demography, workforce

Glib answers will not conjure away the hard, cold fact that workers everywhere are getting older and older.

Is the one-child policy spoiling China’s children?

Michael Cook | 12 April 2013 |

tags: China, demography, one-child policy

Research confirms all the cliches about "little emperors", the children of parents who were forced to stop at one.

Why is Europe committing demographic suicide?

Carolyn Moynihan | 11 April 2013 |

tags: birth dearth, birth rates, demographic winter, demography

Frankly, not even the experts have the faintest idea.

What to Expect When No One’s Expecting

Jennifer Roback Morse | 19 March 2013 |

tags: book reviews, demography

At last, a book on demography that talks about its relation to sexual culture.

The myth of disappearing Lebanese Christians

Michael Cook | 20 February 2013 |

tags: demography, Lebanon

A bombshell report shows that Christians are making a demographic comeback in Lebanon because of tumbling Muslim birth rates.

China: hoping for real change

Constance Kong | 19 November 2012 |

tags: China, Communist Party, demography, economic crisis

There has been a changing of the guard at headquarters, but entrenched interests are still well guarded.

Going extinct is no fun

Michael Cook | 13 August 2012 |

tags: demography, fertility, Singapore

The founder of Singapore looks on with dismay as his country heads into the sunset.

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

| 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.

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