Elder‑Driven Population Growth

For the first time, global population growth is being driven more by increases in the number of people aged 65+ than by births. The U.S. Census Bureau projects that from 2025–2060 most of the world's additional ~2 billion people will be older adults, while the size of the 0–19 cohort stays roughly flat because fertility remains below replacement in most countries. — If true, policy debates must shift from 'how to support more kids' to 'how to fund care, pensions, labour substitution, and the political effects of an older electorate.'