This changing population structure—referred to as a demographic transition—has historically offered countries an opportunity for higher growth and prosperity. For sub-Saharan Africa, the opportunity ...

Industrial countries have largely completed what is called the "demographic transition"—the transition from a largely rural agrarian society with high fertility and mortality rates to a predominantly ...

BACKGROUND Population aging is a fundamental element of the demographic transition. In the absence of births, deaths, and migration, the mean age of any population will increase one year per calendar ...

Attitudinal and behavioural indices of the second demographic transition: Evidence from the last three decades in Europe This is the metadata section. Skip to content viewer section. BACKGROUND The ...

Depending on the circumstances, this means that countries need to spark their demographic transition, accelerate job creation, sustain productivity growth, and adapt to aging.

Korean society has undergone a major transformation since 1960. An economic miracle, demographic transition, urbanization, changes in family life, and the formation of civil society constitute the ...

As Africa and South Asia undergo a demographic transition, they are experiencing an extraordinary youth bulge. The median age in Sub-Saharan Africa is just under 20 years. To truly benefit from ...

Population density in the UK Changes to the demographic transition model Changes to the UK population pyramid An ageing UK population Changes in ethnic diversity in ...

The World Bank estimates that one in four Sri Lankans will be older than 60 by 2041. According to a 2012 World Bank report on demographic transition, for every 100 working-age people in Sri Lanka in ...