The Demographic Outlook: 2022 to 2052 | Congressional Budget Office (cbo.gov)
Previous analyses of Census Bureau estimates make plain that the nation’s population growth has ground down to a historic low: only 0.1% growth between July 2020 and July 2021. During this prime year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of deaths rose sharply, births declined, and immigration reached its lowest levels in decades. At the same time, population movement within the U.S. led to sharp declines in many of its largest metro areas—particularly in these areas’ biggest cities.
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The examination of age shifts shows a loss of young people under age 18 and those in their prime working ages (18 through 59). Moreover, when looking at age and race, it becomes clear that nonwhite Americans, especially Latino or Hispanic Americans, comprise larger shares of the population at all ages.
The decline of the U.S. white population is because the older population is gradually dying off and is predominantly whiter and less diverse than the younger population.
China marriages plunge to record low amid fears of population crisis (telegraph.co.uk)
Baby bust: China’s looming demographic disaster | The Spectator
Can a hot but smaller labor market keep making gains in participation? (brookings.edu)
What Iran’s emerging demographic “tsunami” means for Tehran | Middle East Institute (mei.edu): They see the similar “baby boom” aging while the fertility rate has declined to 1.6, hence “aging” is not due to adding more old people but a declining number of young people:
The aging of populations is an international phenomenon — according to the World Health Organization, by 2030 one in six people globally will be over 60
South Korea’s Demographic Trends Continue to Decline – The Diplomat
Population decline in Russia: ‘Putin has no choice but to win’ in Ukraine (france24.com)
Jefferson County Public Schools will name multiple schools recommended for closure | Colorado Public Radio (cpr.org): “While the county’s population increased by almost 56,000 residents from 2000 to 2020, the school-aged population decreased by nearly 30,000. The number of school aged-children peaked 21 years ago in 2001. In 2020, the lowest number of births in 15 years was recorded. Simply put, there are fewer school-aged children.”
