THE pyramid is a traditional way of visualising ... and old people the least. Now the shape of the global population is changing. Between 1970 and 2015 the dominating influence on the global ...

In 1970 that shape was a pyramid because the largest segment of the global population was the youngest (0-5 years old, comprising 14% of the total), followed by the next-youngest (6-10 ...

China’s “inverted pyramid” population structure is generating a profound impact on consumption and haunting its long-term growth potential, forcing economists to join demographers in calling ...