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demography
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Seven Charts That Show The World Is Actually Becoming A Better Place
Swedish academic Hans Rosling has identified a worrying trend: not only do many people across advanced economies have…
7.5 Billion & Counting: How Many Humans Can The Earth Support?
Humans are the most populous large mammal on Earth today, and probably in all of geological history. To…
Population Pyramids : Powerful Predictors Of The Future
Why is Rwanda’s population skyrocketing, while Japan’s population is declining? Population statistics are like crystal balls – when…
This Striking Feature Of Manila Makes It An Emblematic Global City
Tokyo, London, New York, Paris, Manila. Few would think of Manila atop a list of the 21st century’s…
More Than Just Sanctuary, Migrants Need Social Citizenship
In 1975, the English author John Berger wrote about the political implications of immigration, at a time when…
A Machine-Learning Census Of America’s Cities
Millions of images of public streets offer a cheap, sweeping view of America’s demography. “WOULD it not be…