Demographics

World Population Day: What will the world look like in 2050?
By 2050, after India and China, Nigeria is expected to become the world’s third most populous nation.
Published On 11 Jul 2023
From: Talk to Al Jazeera
MIT chancellor: What are the challenges facing higher education?
Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Melissa Nobles on diversity and equal opportunity in the US education system.
Video Duration 25 minutes 50 seconds
Published On 24 Jun 2023
From: The Listening Post
The refugee crisis: A European horror story
Mass drowning of refugees at sea – and the media coverage and politics in its wake. Plus, the state of media in Algeria.
Video Duration 25 minutes 19 seconds
Published On 24 Jun 2023
OPINION,
Why China got population control wrong; India got it right
Yes, India has many challenges ahead, but compared with China, it has shown that slow and steady can win the race.
opinion by Poonam Muttreja
Published On 4 May 2023

India’s population is expected to match China’s by the end of April and then surpass it, the UN says.

Musician Jake Blount and author Mark Anthony Neal on Black music, exploitation and the US entertainment industry.

Government mouthpiece accuses Western media of using China’s population decline to ‘bad mouth’ country.

In Japan’s ageing society, senior footballers can now show off their skills in a new over-80s division in Tokyo.

Ayodhya is a microcosm of India, where a diverse past has been overrun by ruptured relations between Hindus and Muslims.

UNFPA data estimates India’s population at 1.4286 billion against 1.4257 billion for China by the middle of the year.

The percentage of people aged 60-plus in Kerala has shot up from 5.1 percent to 16.5 percent – the highest among states.

There are more people in India and China than in the next 19 most populated countries in the world combined.

As India is on cusp of surpassing China to become world’s most populous, an estimated 670 million women are left behind.

Top-down policy initiatives fail to account for a society whose attitudes towards women have changed little over time.

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