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Keeping up with the breaking news in demography
Sunday, February 28, 2016
South Sudan Seems to be Sinking Fast
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Back in 2011 I commented on the birth of a new nation--South Sudan--which had essentially "divorced" itself from Sudan. Here'...
Friday, February 26, 2016
Japan's Population Really Is Declining
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We've been expecting this for quite a while now, but the 2015 census results from Japan confirm that the country's population is in ...
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Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Demography and Oil in Saudi Arabia and Venezuela
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Venezuela and Saudi Arabia have, respectively, the two largest proven reserves of oil in the world, according to the CIA World Factbook . I...
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Tuesday, February 23, 2016
"And Then All Hell Broke Loose": Understanding the Mess in the Middle East
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Rapid population growth in the Middle East, generating in particular a large youth population, has been one of the main underlying reasons f...
Monday, February 22, 2016
Another Explanation for the Rise in White Death Rates in the US
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Princeton economic demographers Anne Case and Angus Deaton opened up a national discussion recently with their findings that death rates hav...
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