The Demographic Summit, an international gathering of ultra-conservatives, took place over two days last week. Organised by the illiberal Hungarian government led by prime minister Viktor Orbán, it supposedly focused on demographic problems with a regional scope, such as decreasing birth rates in central and eastern Europe. But Nőkért Egyesület – an organisation set up to protect the rights of women in Hungary – suspected that, in line with Orbán’s pronatalist policies, gender stereotypes and ‘b

The Americas have seen a major demographic reshaping over the past century. Using historical census records and UN estimates, the data shows how the region shifted from a North-heavy population map in 1939 to a far more balanced distribution by 2025. 1️⃣ The United States stayed the largest — but grew slower than others. With about 138M people in 1939, the U.S. led the hemisphere by a wide margin. By 2025 it reached 347M, but several Latin American countries expanded at far higher rates, changin

2.3K views · 190 reactions | 【#HuSays】China’s new third-child policy will lead to changes across all aspects of society that will encourage young couples to have more children once again. In the long run, this policy will definitely bring about changes to China’s demographic structure: Editor-in-Chief Hu Xijin | Global Times | Facebook