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Greater longevity of marriages has been heralded as a sign of more successful relationships, but the reality is far more nuanced.
Florida has the third-largest population of immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally, but that population has been steadily shrinking since 2018.
Census data has underpinned nearly every aspect of political decision-making and policy development for decades. The new system is a leap into the unknown.
How does coming of age in Australia look now compared to in the year 2000? Evidence shows young people now have it much worse.
Demography is about more than just people. It’s about the foundation of society, culture, and economy – and it’s deeply fraught.
What real issue does a low birth rate pose, and for whom?
About 1 in 9 Americans are facing poverty today. But more than half of the people residing in the US will experience poverty at some point in their adult lives.
The government has decided against including questions about sexuality and gender identity in the 2026 Census. How can it make policy for LGBTQI+ people without such basic data?
For decades it seemed as if nothing could change the trajectory of population growth. But a huge change is looming.
While the traditional two-parent two-child family might be the first to spring to mind, Australia’s families are varied. Policy should cater accordingly.
The data collected for South Africa’s 2022 census should be used with caution.
From a lack of bipartisan support to other concerns such as rising cost of living, a complex array of reasons contributed to the Voice referendum’s failure in October 2023.
Detailed data on the ages at which people die can give good indications of a person’s remaining life span.
Birth rates are falling – but the population in England will continue to rise.
Environmental policymakers and scholars must listen to sub-Saharan Africans’ voices and recognize the importance of population for achieving sustainable development goals.
In general, an ageing population puts added pressure on the working-age population to be more productive – just to maintain total output – amid growing fiscal constraints.
As the nation approaches the 70-year anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education, an education professor lays out the state of school segregation in America.
The 2024 general elections will show to what extent the new provincial leadership can start to turn around the ANC’s fortunes in the Western Cape.
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.
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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)