Demography

Japan : record 19% of population aged 65 or older

Japan’s population was an estimated 127,619,000 as of Oct. 1, up 184,000 from a year earlier, with a record 19.0% aged 65 or older, topping the previous year’s record of 18.5%, the public management ministry said Friday. ;The number of Japanese aged 65 and older rose 683,000 to 24,311,000, while the number aged under 65 fell in a further graying[Read More…]

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WORLD population to increase by 2.6 billion over next 45 years

World population is expected to increase by 2.6 billion over the next 45 years, from 6.5 billion today to 9.1 billion in 2050. Almost all growth will take place in the less developed regions, where today’s 5.3 billion population is expected to swell to 7.8 billion in 2050. By contrast, the population of the more developed regions will remain mostly[Read More…]

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Brazil’s Fertility Falls Below Two-Child Average

Document sans titre Recent population estimates from Brazil’s national statistical office (IBGE) peg the national fertility rate at just 1.9 lifetime children per woman in 2007, lower than previous rates estimated by the UN, the U.S. Census Bureau, PRB, and other international organizations that estimate population measures. Notably, this new estimate is below the long-term replacement fertility rate of 2.1[Read More…]

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