Australia is on track to have more deaths than births by the 2060s. Other countries grapple with the same problem. Are they doing better than us?
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South Korea’s unusually rapid transition to a super-aged society means it has had little time to find solutions for pension funding and healthcare for the elderly.
Here are ten practical things to know about the 2026 census, including fines if you lie or ignore it, what happens to your data and how to ask for help.
Florida’s population boom has fizzled to just 0.9% growth as domestic migration slows to a trickle.
Amid the fierce political debate about figures and systems, it’s easy to lose sight of the purpose of migration, to governments, individuals and society as a whole.
New Zealand’s population structure is changing rapidly, yet the country has no comprehensive strategy to intervene or adapt to demographic shifts.
Female tortoises are bearing the brunt of the brutal behaviour of their male counterparts, who are regularly pushing them off cliffs in North Macedonia.
Population ebbs and flows are having geopolitical consequences.
Demographer Stuart Gietel-Basten tells The Conversation Weekly podcast why South Korea’s birth rate is climbing, and what that means for the future.
A combination of education, income and technology has a strong influence on women’s reproductive autonomy.
The Asian giant is grappling with a dramatic population decline, with a fertility rate of 1.0, well below the 2.1 replacement rate.
High rates of outright home ownership combined with tax-free super insulate older Australians from mortgage rate fluctuations.
Marriage under the age of 18 harms girls’ health, education and gender equality.
With fertility rates at a record low, many say young people aren’t having kids because they’re too expensive. Turns out, it’s not that simple.
Simplistic stories about the dangers of polygamy can be compelling and intuitive. But new research suggests some arguments about its harms don’t hold up.
The challenge is not job creation, but how to find the workers we need. There’s much the government can do, from childcare to migration.
New research into the communities of support for Australian families show the benefits of social connection – but some are missing out.
We have gaps – in workforce, infrastructure and coordination – that will cripple our ability to secure a bright future for the next generation, unless we act now.
Anti-immigration rallies across Australia are the culmination of years of political scaremongering. But better immigration messaging could change the trajectory.
The English cleric and economist’s name is used to malign critics of progress. But historical context sheds a different light on Malthus’ ideas, a scholar argues.
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Demographer, POLIS Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University
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Professor of Social Science and Public Policy, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M University
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Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Demography, Penn State
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Professor of Demography, University of Cape Town
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Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, University of Oxford
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Professor of Demography, The University of Texas at San Antonio
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Professor of Demography and Social Statistics., Obafemi Awolowo University
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Professor of Demography, University of Ibadan
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Honorary Professor of Demography, Macquarie University
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Assistant Professor in the Sociology of Population, Florida State University
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Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Tasmania
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Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of International Security and Director of the Center for Strategic Studies, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Associate professor, University of Ibadan
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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)