Fertility levels have a much more powerful impact on social aging than longevity; the march to low fertility and super-low birth rates is generating worldwide wave of top-heavy population pyramids where the old outnumber the young.
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Nicholas EberstadtEvidence Quote
“perhaps counterintuitively fertility levels have much more powerful impact on social aging than longevity so the march to low fertility and now to super low birth rates is generating a worldwide wave of topheavy population pyramids where the old beginning to outnumber the young”
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The Coming Global Depopulation | Nicholas Eberstadt | John Bonython Lecture— Centre for Independent StudiesCreated: 8/10/2026, 11:59:08 PM
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