New Zealand’s population structure is changing rapidly, yet the country has no comprehensive strategy to intervene or adapt to demographic shifts.
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How we are tracing the movement of people in Iran despite an almost complete information blackout.
Research shows rainbow communities experience violence, family rejection and social exclusion. But a lack of population data means they are systematically under-recognised.
When certain groups of people are systematically undercounted, they become invisible to policymakers.
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.
Following a 30-year boy-to-girl birth rate imbalance, up to 800,000 ‘extra’ men born since the mid-1980s will be unable to find a South Korean woman to marry. That has big demographic consequences.
With the right investment in health and education, Nigeria’s high population can spur economic development.
It’s not entirely accurate to say that you’re more likely to die in a car accident than in a plane crash. Chances are, you’re not the average person.
Vital records document the birth, death, marriage and divorce of every individual. A more centralized system in the US could help public health researchers better study pandemics and disease.
More people died from the austerity in the five years before the pandemic than have died from COVID since.
Nasty, brutish – but not necessarily short. Here’s how archaeologists know plenty of people didn’t die young.
Census is a huge scientific responsibility that requires a high level of preparedness, transparency and quality assurance.
Data collection has been used as a weapon against LGBTQ+ communities.
Immigration has historically offset America’s low fertility rate, but the recent dramatic drop in immigration threatens that trend.
Because of the pandemic, we know less about the shape and size of our society than we have for decades.
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.
Once the pandemic is over, London’s gravitational pull is likely to come back into play.
Planning for Nigeria’s next census scheduled for 2021 must address critical issues.
Getting the real answers on health gaps requires a deep dive into the demographics.
Long before coronavirus hit Australia we were moving less between states and regions. Some worry about economic impacts, but a greater concern is inequality if some people find themselves ‘trapped’.
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Demographer, POLIS Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University
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Professor of Demography and Social Statistics., Obafemi Awolowo University
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Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, University of Oxford
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Principal Research Fellow, Charles Darwin University
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Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M University
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Senior Lecturer in Global Studies, University of Technology Sydney
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Chief Information Officer at the Africa Health Research Institute, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, Australian National University
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Honorary Professor of Demography, Macquarie University
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Professor, Department of Geography and the Environment, University of Denver
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Assistant Professor of Science and Technology Studies, University of California, Davis
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Associate Professor, Institute for Culture and Society & School of Humanities and Communication Arts, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor in Environmental Engineering, Adelaide University
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Research student, School of Natural & Built Environments, Adelaide University
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Reader in Population and Public Health, MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand