This changing population structure—referred to as a demographic transition—has historically offered countries an opportunity for higher growth and prosperity. For sub-Saharan Africa, the opportunity ...

BACKGROUND Growth in cohabiting unions and non-marital childbearing sits at the core of research on the second demographic transition and related discussions of family bifurcation and children’s ...

Industrial countries have largely completed what is called the "demographic transition"—the transition from a largely rural agrarian society with high fertility and mortality rates to a predominantly ...

China stands at a pivotal juncture as its demographic landscape shifts: birth rates continue to fall while the proportion of ...

Population density in the UK Changes to the demographic transition model Changes to the UK population pyramid An ageing UK population Changes in ethnic diversity in ...

The Europe and Central Asia region has among the oldest populations in the world. Europe, in particular, is approaching the end of a demographic transition toward population stabilization, and Central ...