Significant changes ahead in world population

The Lancet: World population likely to shrink after mid-century, forecasting major shifts in global population and economic power

Improvements in access to modern contraception and the education of girls and women are generating widespread, sustained decl...

Fertility, mortality, migration, and population scenarios for 195 countries and territories from 2017 to 2100: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study

Changing population size and age structure might have profound economic, social, and geopolitical impacts in many countries. In this study, we developed novel methods fo...

Population 2100 | Animation

A new study from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, titled "Fertility, mortality, migration, and population scenarios for 195 countries and territories from 2017 to 2100: a forecastin...

The Emptying Planet: The Global Impact of Declining Fertility Rates, A Virtual Roundtable

Most countries outside of sub-Saharan Africa are projected to enter a period of sustained low fertility and a decline in the working age populations. Speakers Drs. Natalia Kanem and Christopher Mur...