A deeper look at the shift’s nuances and impact on pensions and day-to-day life
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis article is adapted from AQ’s special report on Latin America’s demographic transformation
Since 1950, Latin America’s lifeexpectancy has increased 27 years…
…while fertility rates plunged from nearly 6 to 1.8 per woman.
The region’s fertility rate is now close to North America’s…
…and rates vary widely within Latin America.
Politics, Business & Culture in the Americas
According to the United Nations Population Division, Latin America will make the demographic shift from a young to an aging…
Falling fertility rates are already having profound political and economic effects.
Latin America is aging faster than any other region in the world. The political and economic consequences will be profound and…
A perfect storm of plunging birth rates and rapidly aging populations will break over Latin America in coming decades. Is there a…
The changes underway are the result of largely positive trends, although governments can do more to handle the transition.
