This volume aims to provide new ways of thinking about population trends in the 21st century. While the 20th century was the century of population growth, with the world's population increasing from 1.6 to 6.1 billion, this book shows that the 21st century is likely to see the end of world population growth and become the century of population ageing. We are at the crossroads of these two different demographic regimes, with some countries still experiencing high population growth while others are already faced with rapid ageing. The book presents a framework for discovering the underlying...
This volume aims to provide new ways of thinking about population trends in the 21st century. While the 20th century was the century of population gro...
