China’s “inverted pyramid” population structure is generating a profound impact on consumption and haunting its long-term growth potential, forcing economists to join demographers in calling for ...

The FT’s series on demographics — in particular the impact of the pandemic on mortality and fertility — is timely (“Dwindling rates of fertility test child strategies across the globe”, April 21). But ...

The population pyramid shows the demographic composition of the Netherlands by age group in each year. For every age group, the number of men is shown on the left and the number of women on the right.

China’s population of 1.4 billion people is the largest in the world, right? Not anymore. In 2023 India surpassed China as the most populous country. China’s population began shrinking in 2022, and ...