Limiting our attention to short-term workforce needs ignores a much bigger conversation about what it will take for regional Australia to thrive in the future.
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The report counts on a lot of factors turning out for the best: AI boosting economic growth and global warming meeting the Paris goals for a start.
The Intergenerational Report projects population growth slowing from an average of 1.4% a year over the last 40 years to 0.9% a year over the coming four decades.
Infrastructure projects need to win over Indigenous communities. An example from the Philippines can shed light on the dynamics at play.
NZ First’s Kiwi Kids Grant is tied up with the party’s broader immigration policies. But a ‘baby bonus’ for citizens won’t necessarily achieve the intended outcome.
After backlash from the LGBTQIA+ community, the government agreed to include gender and sexual orientation questions in the new census. So why not intersex?
Here are ten practical things to know about the 2026 census, including fines if you lie or ignore it, what happens to your data and how to ask for help.
Young workers, in particular, are affected, losing out on opportunities to advance their careers.
Florida’s population boom has fizzled to just 0.9% growth as domestic migration slows to a trickle.
Rising population growth should slow in the coming decades and see a decline in the second half of the century.
Among the 48 nations contesting the FIFA World Cup, how much do demographic factors like population and median age matter? See how your national squad compares.
New census data shows population decline is spreading across America. Planning for growth may be actively making things worse.
The days of rapid economic growth are long gone. New analysis helps explain what has changed.
In the 1960s and ’70s, his arguments also resonated on the left, including with the head of a powerful environmental group.
Paul R. Ehrlich will be remembered as a scientist whose books about population and threats to the environment shaped the idea of limited growth in the modern era.
Farming areas that use lots of fertilizers and pesticides stood out for the swift and accelerating decline of their bird populations.
Despite a record-breaking trade surplus of US$1.2 trillion, China faces some stubborn economic headwinds.
New statistics show a major reversal in immigration numbers and population growth, with parts of New Zealand now seeing population declines.
A fast drop in coal use played a big role, but there was more, as these charts show.
The English cleric and economist’s name is used to malign critics of progress. But historical context sheds a different light on Malthus’ ideas, a scholar argues.
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Demographer, POLIS Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University
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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)
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Professor of Demography and Social Statistics., Obafemi Awolowo University
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Honorary Professor of Demography, Macquarie University
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