Demographics describes the distribution of characteristics in a society that can help to make policy recommendations and predictions about where a group is headed. What Are Demographics?

Industrial countries have largely completed what is called the "demographic transition"—the transition from a largely rural agrarian society with high fertility and mortality rates to a predominantly ...

China’s population is in decline and skewing older because of family planning policies launched in the 1970s, as well as increasing income and education, Vox reports. The U.N. projects China ...

The global human population has been climbing for the past two centuries. But what is normal for all of us alive today — growing up while the world is growing rapidly — may be a blip in human ...

The U.S. Census Bureau will have new categories for race and ethnicity for the first time in 27 years, directly affecting people who identify as Hispanic, Latino, Middle Eastern and North African.