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Demographic change | June 2025
A decline in global population later this century may threaten human progress, or it may lead to better lives
DAVID E. BLOOM
MICHAEL KUHN
KLAUS PRETTNER
Demographic change | Online Exclusive
Population aging is the top global demographic trend; the pandemic can teach us how to prepare for it
LEO M. ZUCKER
Our approach to vaccine finance is ill-suited to addressing epidemic risk
DANIEL CADARETTE
DANIEL L. TORTORICE
Demographic change | Podcast
It took more than 50,000 years for the world population to reach 1 billion, but since 1960, we have added successive billions every one to two decades.
Demographic change | March 2020
Demographics can be a potent driver of the pace and process of economic development
Health | June 2018
New and resurgent infectious diseases can have far-reaching economic repercussions
JP SEVILLA
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