Malthus thought that overpopulation was unsustainable and risked societal collapse. One of humanity’s greatest achievements was proving him wrong.
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The latest census figures are released this week, but the long-term trends are already clear: we will soon be more Māori and more Asian, fertility rates are dropping, and more citizens are leaving.
Half of romantically partnered Australians are coupled with people who don’t share their political views – particularly Generation Z and millennials. Why? Our expert has some ideas … and the figures.
Detroit is one of the country’s most segregated regions, but census data shows how that’s changing in both the city and suburbs.
New research found a way to both improve the accuracy of deepfake detection algorithms while also enhancing fairness.
Australia’s latest population projection figures have just come out. This is what they show about our demographics and where the country is heading in the future.
This service is a good first step towards a one-stop shop for easy access subnational statistics to understand local areas and how they’re changing.
Detailed data on the ages at which people die can give good indications of a person’s remaining life span.
Women are underrepresented in architecture, occupying just 25% of jobs in the field. An architecture professor shares insights from her childhood on how those numbers can be turned around.
Birth rates are falling – but the population in England will continue to rise.
Following a 30-year boy-to-girl birth rate imbalance, up to 800,000 ‘extra’ men born since the mid-1980s will be unable to find a South Korean woman to marry. That has big demographic consequences.
The diversity of Israel’s Jewish population has been a source of tensions, but also strength, over the decades.
Big data is not the answer to all the challenges that faced Census 2022, but it may be a key enabler for gathering reliable national data in the future.
Chinese politicians have looked toward policies to encourage couples to have more children to offset population decline. It hasn’t worked.
Without policies that take account of a growing population with few working-age people, DRC risks seeing an increase in poverty and hunger.
South Korea’s fertility rate fell below the level needed to sustain a population in the mid-1980s – and it never recovered. It is now below one child per woman during her reproductive years.
A sociologist interviewed dozens of middle-class Black singles about their friendships, freedom and dating lives.
Voters in Michigan and Ohio once voted similarly in statewide and federal elections. Now, Michigan swings blue and Ohio is red.
Adverse childhood experiences are associated with an increased risk of mental health problems in adulthood.
Vital records document the birth, death, marriage and divorce of every individual. A more centralized system in the US could help public health researchers better study pandemics and disease.
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Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M University
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Gilles Pison is a Friend of The Conversation.
Anthropologue et démographe, professeur émérite, Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN); Ined (Institut national d'études démographiques)
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