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Canada – Aging population expected to go west
Canada’s population will shift dramatically in the next half century, becoming greyer, more diverse and more concentrated in the four Western provinces. A portrait of Canada in the next 50 years shows the country’s population could reach up to 63.5 million people by 2063 compared with 35.2 million last year, Statistics Canada projections show. The … Continue reading
US Demography – Half of Americans single
Single Americans make up more than half of the adult population for the first time since the government began compiling such statistics in 1976. Some 124.6 million Americans were single in August, 50.2 percent of those who were 16 years or older, according to data used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in its monthly … Continue reading
Maps – Median age of every country in the world
Using data from the CIA Factbook, we’ve created the graphics below to show you the median age of every country in the world. There are 1.2 billion people between the ages of 15 and 24 in the world today — and that means that many countries have populations younger than ever before. Chosen excerpts by … Continue reading
Demographics in US – Prime working-age population growing again
Changes in demographics are an important determinant of economic growth, and although most people focus on the aging of the “baby boomer” generation, the movement of younger cohorts into the prime working age is another key story in coming years. Here is a graph of the prime working age population (this is population, not the … Continue reading
Graying World – There will be 13 ‘super-aged’ nations by 2020
The world is graying at a break-neck pace and that’s bad news for the global economy. By 2020, 13 countries will be “super-aged” — with more than 20% of the population over 65 — according to a report by Moody’s Investor Service. That number will rise to 34 nations by 2030. Only three qualify now: … Continue reading
Half the world’s population lives in six countries
More than 7.2 billion people exist in the world today with half the global population residing in just six countries, United Nations data show. China and India have some of the biggest populations with more than 1 billion people each. And those numbers are projected to get even bigger, especially in urban areas. The U.N. … Continue reading
US – The end of the “age pyramid”
The “age pyramid.” Each bar represents a five year age cohort; with those ages 0-4 on the bottom and those ages 85 and older on the top. In every society since the start of history, whenever you broke down any population this way, you’d always get a pyramid. But from 1960 to 2060, our pyramid … Continue reading
Japan – Tokyo keeps growing as population falls
While Japan’s population fell for the fifth straight year and grew older in 2013, the number of residents in the country’s three main urban centers increased to a record high, as people continued to move out of regional areas. Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at Tokyo Keeps Growing as Japan’s Population Falls – … Continue reading
Increase in Life Expectancy – The greatest cultural and scientific advances in our history or a crisis ?
A demographic tool has become an economic one, treating a demographic challenge as both an economic crisis and a basis for pessimism justifying drastic reductions in bedrock government programs, including those supporting children and the poor. Even at state and local levels, the aging boomer demographic is repeatedly blamed for our economic difficulties. That is … Continue reading
The “graying” of the planet – The case of 30 of the world’s capitals
What do urban people care about most?What do talented professionals in their most productive working years care about most? What are the qualities that cities need in order to continue building prosperity? What about the increasing proportion of older citizens as we live longer or slow our rate of natural population growth? Does a rising … Continue reading
Japan – To expand controversial work permits program to stay for up to five years
Japan is considering expanding a controversial programme that now offers workers from China and elsewhere permits to work for up to three years, as the world’s fastest-aging nation scrambles to plug gaps in a rapidly shrinking workforce. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party on Tuesday submitted a proposal to let workers to stay … Continue reading
US – Birthrate fell to “another record low” in 2012
Last September, the U.S. government announced that our birthrate fell to “another record low” in 2012, following a long, steady slide since the Baby Boom after World War II. It goes without saying that, morally speaking, there’s nothing wrong with this. It’s natural, in a way. All over the world, birthrates tend to fall along with … Continue reading
US Declining Labor Force Participation / Aging of the population not the only factor
The aging of the population is not the sole contributing factor in the decline in labor force participation since 2007, contrary to what some have suggested. The participation rate has declined for every age bracket below 54 years old. The effects of these declines can be seen in the figure below. For each age range, we have calculated … Continue reading
Taiwan / From ‘aging’ to ‘aged’
Official statistics showing an increase in Taiwan’s 65-and-over population indicate that the nation is on course to go from being an “aging society” to an “aged society” Continue reading
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