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Demographic processes, such as population growth or shrinkage, aging or a volatile, increasing mortality rate caused by HIV/AIDS, often take place with a large, active dynamic that spans generations.
The faster societies change demographically, the more noticeable these changes become, and the harder it is to handle the resulting consequences humanely.
Every year, there are slightly less than 140 million children born and close to 57 million people who die. With the difference between the two figures, the world population is growing.
Literature/Links
Population Reference Bureau: World Population Data Sheet 2011. Washington, 2011. www.prb.org
State: July 2011
New discussion paper in English
Europe's Demographic Future - Growing Regional Imbalances (2008)
Africa's Demographic Challenges - How a young population can make development possible (2011)
in the Online Handbook Demography
- Europe: Population Change and its Consequences
[...] Today, three major trends shape Europe’s population: longevity, a declining number of children and increasing numbers of migrants [...]
- Population Ageing
[...] German society will age significantly in the coming decades – a phenomenon, which embodies a part of 'demographic change.' [...]
- The Challanges of a Changing Population in Asia
[...] Asia’s population will grow by 757 million people to reach 4.3 billion by 2025 [...]
- India's Population Policy
[...] India will likely be the world’s largest country before 2025 [...]
Prof. Dr. Manuela Naldini, University of Turin
"Demographic change is not on the political agenda"
