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Model country/ Cadence: Annual/ Updated: January 5, 2025

Age structure, growth and urbanisation

Population

The demographic panel gathers four views of population: the age–sex pyramid turning from a triangle into a column, the long trajectory of population size with slowing growth, the shift from countryside to city, and the scissors of fertility and life expectancy.

82.7 M
Population
−1.7 pp / 50y
0.3%
Growth
+30 pp
85%
Urban
+20 / 60y
79 yr
Life exp.
Age–sex pyramid Source: Meridian · synthetic

Male to the left, female to the right; millions.

Population and growth Source: Meridian · synthetic

Population (M) and annual growth (%).

Urban and rural Source: Meridian · synthetic

Share of urban and rural population.

Fertility and life expectancy Source: Meridian · synthetic

The scissors of the demographic transition.

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