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Summary: Global demographics in the twenty-first century will be defined by steep declines in fertility rates. Many countries will see their populations shrink and age. But relatively high fertility rates and immigration levels in the United States, however, may mean that it will emerge with a stronger hand.

Richard Jackson's new index. Use for discussion of population and aging with breakdown of specific countries.

Increasing the retirement age is inevitable and better than the alternatives.

A gray tsunami is sweeping the planet -- and not just in the places you expect. How did the world get so old, so fast?