youth cohort size. Finally, due to recent declines in fertility, some European countries will see reductions in the size of …

fertility rate and number of births, period life expectancy at birth and number of deaths, as well as net international … migration. While fertility proved to be the most difficult component to project during the post-war period, net international … Norway, at least until very recently. Fertility, on the other hand, has continued to be overprojected since observed …

Pacific Asia is currently home to some of the lowest fertility rates – and hence the fastest aging populations – in the … world. This Barnett Paper presents a systematic overview of both the reasons for this low fertility, and why it is unlikely … uniquely low fertility ideals in the region; the results of a global survey of population experts on the future of Asian …