New census data shows population decline is spreading across America. Planning for growth may be actively making things worse.
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While the changes in population structure that accompany low birth rates are real, the impact of these changes has been dramatically overstated.
By 2100, China’s population will likely be half its current size. It will also be a lot older, with fewer working-age men and women.
Many countries are enacting measures to counter population decline, but manipulating fertility is an inefficient means of solving social, economic and environmental problems.
The latest revised data challenge the popular narrative about a population renaissance for regional Australia and for states and territories that were losing residents to other parts of the country.
Immigration has historically offset America’s low fertility rate, but the recent dramatic drop in immigration threatens that trend.
The ‘exodus’ from capital cities amounts to 0.06% of their populations – similar to recent years – and people are still moving to the cities. What’s missing is growth driven by international migrants.
If governments are looking for a post-pandemic “baby boom” to help populations grow, then they should increase the amount and duration of paid parental leave for both mums and partners.
The 2016 heatwave that caused mass bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef didn’t just kill corals - it also significantly changed the makeup of fish communities that call these reefs home.
Across Japan, towns and villages are vanishing as the population ages and young people move to the cities. How the country manages this holds lessons for other developed nations facing a similar fate.
After centuries of decline and depolulation, the Highlands have thrived under the EU. Now Brexit threatens to turn back the clock.
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Research Fellow, University of Tasmania
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Adjunct Senior Research, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Environment and Science, Griffith University
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Director, Centre for Scottish Studies, Simon Fraser University
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Senior Marine Ecologist, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
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Adjunct professor, School of Media and Communications, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Business, Western Sydney University
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Professor in Demography, Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Business, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor of Marketing, Coastal Carolina University
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Senior Lecturer in Population Geography, Adelaide University
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Professor and Head of School of Social Sciences, The University of Western Australia
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Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Tasmania
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Boeing International Professor of Statistics and Sociology, University of Washington
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Assistant Professor of Science and Technology Studies, University of California, Davis