How do we know if a species is heading towards extinction? Demographics help us understand the size, status, and behavior of populations. Broadly defined, demography is the study of the ...

Do most individuals die young or live to ripe old ages? Survivorship curves visually answer these demographic questions. Imagine a population of 1,000 individuals born at the same time in the same ...

Unease with rapid demographic change is a major driving force in our politics. Neopopulist parties advocating tougher immigration restrictions continue to advance in Europe, most recently in Spain ...

The power of compound interest in demography goes into action quietly at first, as if on tiptoes—but over a generation or two, it can change the face of the world—altering the realm of the ...

Demographer Jennifer Sciubba joins WIRED to answer the internet's questions about population and demographics. What is demography? What perspective can demographics provide about populations and ...