We have reflected long and hard on many subjects, but no one really paid attention to population aging until about the 1930s.

The US remains the main financial backer of the country, which is facing a serious humanitarian and social crisis.

Anti-LGBTQI+ public policies overwhelmingly target youth and young adults, disrupting access to educational opportunities, ...

Officials launch the China Pensions Index at an event in Shanghai. PROVIDED BY CIAFC . In a significant move aimed at ...

many countries are raising the retirement age to address the challenges of an ageing population. The main reasons for this change are the strain on pension providers, increasing life expectancy ...

Accurate and reliable population data is vital for evidence-based policymaking, yet Bangladesh faces challenges like outdated methodologies, delays and political interference. Bridging these gaps is c ...

Many people date partners roughly their age, but some people have quite large age gaps in their relationships. However, there has not been a lot of systematic psychological research to find out ...

The world is greying—rapidly. By 2050, 22% of the global population will be aged 60 or above, up from just 12% in 2015. This demographic shift isn’t a societal challenge; it’s a colossal economic ...

Long-term figures should be treated with great caution, especially projections by single year of age when ... UK national population projections in perspective article (PDF, 565KB) by Professor Nico ...

BRDO – SLOVENIA / GENEVA (14 April 2016) – "The challenges ahead are known," said the United Nations Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, Rosa Kornfeld-Matte, at ...

The U.S. Black population is young. The median age of Black people in 2023 was 32.6 years, about six years younger than the U.S. population’s median age of 38.2. Roughly 30% of the entire Black ...

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