Tag: Demography
For decades, India was synonymous with population explosion. But between 2001 and 2021, something quietly transformed the world’s most populous nation. Fertility rates fell by nearly half – dropping below replacement level in much of the country. This infographic tracks India’s stunning two-decade fertility decline, from peak growth to a future with fewer children per family.
Can Ukraine sustain the costs of a long war of attrition against a larger opponent while preserving the demographic, economic, and social foundations of a viable post-war state?
Eastern Europe is projected to be the epicenter of global population collapse. This infographic maps a landscape of drastic decline, where nearly every nation is expected to lose a substantial share of its people by 2100. The sole, striking exception is transcontinental Kazakhstan, which is forecast to grow. Among the countries contracting, Russia is projected to experience the mildest decline, a relative resilience owed not to positive trends but to its sheer size and lingering geopolitical pull, which slightly temper the exodus devastating its smaller neighbors.
From the Mediterranean coast to the Balkans, Southern Europe faces a uniform demographic retreat.
