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Demographics and population

  • Sunday, 1 February, 2026
    Jemima Kelly
    Who wants to live forever?

    The idea of immortality is no longer confined to science fiction

    Illustration of the Grim Reaper trying to catch a running man with his scythe
  • Saturday, 31 January, 2026
    Claer Barrett
    Gen Z trend for ‘admin nights’ is worth following

    Finding time to collectively focus on your finances pays dividends

    Three young adults sit together on an orange couch looking at a laptop, appearing engaged and collaborative.
  • Wednesday, 28 January, 2026
    Jonathan Guthrie
    Raising the state pension age: will more Britons work until they drop?

    Overall longevity continues to rise, compounding pressure on stretched government finances

  • Monday, 26 January, 2026
    OutlookNiki Blasina
    Millennials are cringe and proud

    Why not celebrate earnest, nostalgic joy in this increasingly lonely and divided world?

    A large digital advertisement for the Backstreet Boys: Into The Millennium concert is displayed on the Sphere in Las Vegas at night.
  • Monday, 26 January, 2026
    Ruchir Sharma
    Why people still matter in the AI era

    As population decline accelerates, the big risk is labour shortages, not mass unemployment

    A worker at a desk with a laptop and tools sits beside two partially assembled EngineAI PM01 humanoid robots
  • Friday, 23 January, 2026
    Chinese society
    Why China’s women are having fewer babies

    The economy is weak, divorces are rising and fewer young people are getting married

    A montage showing two babies in front of a Chinese national flag and a graph line trending downwards.
  • Thursday, 22 January, 2026
    The Big Read
    The great graduate job drought

    Economic uncertainty and the arrival of AI have brought a reduction in entry-level roles, with potentially disastrous consequences for young people

  • Wednesday, 21 January, 2026
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    A better way to address China’s population decline

    Boosting economic confidence will do more to lift the birth rate than a pronatalist push

    A man carries a child wearing a purple coat above a dense crowd at a temple fair decorated with red lanterns.
  • Tuesday, 20 January, 2026
    Stephen Bush
    Intergenerational strife is a losing political strategy

    The lure of pensioner-bashing doesn’t take real life into consideration

    Illustration of a heart locket with a black & white picture of an elderly couple on one side with red devil’s horns drawn on each of their foreheads
  • Tuesday, 20 January, 2026
    FT News Briefing podcast13 min listen
    China's birth rate tumbles to historic low

    But that hasn’t stopped the country’s GDP growing 5 per cent

  • Monday, 19 January, 2026
    OutlookPatti Waldmeir
    When should senior drivers no longer get behind the wheel?

    A new Illinois law attempts to grapple with demographic reality

    A sign reading "SENIORS ONLY DMV" stands at the entrance to a waiting area where several older adults are seated and standing.
  • Monday, 19 January, 2026
    The World 2026
    Gen Z protests show level of youth frustration

    Exasperated by lack of opportunity and freedoms, young people across the globe are resorting to direct action

    Protesters with raised fists stand together at Place du 13 Mai in Antananarivo, with a Madagascar flag visible in the background.
  • Monday, 19 January, 2026
    Chinese society
    China registers lowest number of births since records began

    Population falls for fourth year in a row as policymakers struggle with demographic crisis

    A nurse takes care of a newborn baby at a hospital in China
  • Thursday, 15 January, 2026
    The Big Read
    Can Europe still afford its generous state pensions?

    Rising numbers of older people across the continent are straining budgets and making for some difficult political decisions

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  • Monday, 12 January, 2026
    Chinese society
    China’s ‘Are You Dead?’ app checks in on growing cohort of people living alone

    Popularity among Chinese Apple users highlights concerns created by rapidly changing demographics

    A woman in a winter coat uses her phone while walking past a traditional stone lion statue on a Beijing street
  • Tuesday, 6 January, 2026
    News in-depthSocial affairs
    Germany’s baby gap turns childcare shortage on its head

    Once faced with long waiting lists, parents are now being wooed by day care centres

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  • Saturday, 3 January, 2026
    Jo Ellison
    Please don’t talk about my generation

    The debate around age divides has peaked. Let’s make it stop

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  • Saturday, 3 January, 2026
    Life & Arts
    Hong Kong’s Insta-friendly Sunday drivers

    Car enthusiasts have turned the lack of a dedicated racetrack into a social opportunity

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  • Tuesday, 30 December, 2025
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Reasons for youthful cheer

    Despite the gloom, there are many advantages to being young in the 2020s

    Six people sit around a holiday dinner table, toasting with wine and smiling, surrounded by festive food.
  • Monday, 29 December, 2025
    Business InsightAnjli Raval
    Why don’t companies target over 55s as consumers more?

    Age group accounts for a rising share of spending but only a fraction of advertising budgets is aimed at it

    Shoppers walk through Selfridges decorated with large gold ornaments and festive garlands for Christmas.
  • Sunday, 28 December, 2025
    Japanese society
    Japanese births set to fall below lowest official forecasts in 2025

    Demographers warn new births to hit lowest level since records began in 1899 as population crisis deepens

    A woman pushes a stroller while walking with a girl along a sidewalk in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
  • Thursday, 25 December, 2025
    LexLuxury goods
    TikTok shopping habits go from budget to Burberry

    The next phase of the luxury market overlaps neatly with social media platforms

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    A Versace store window with mannequins dressed in colourful clothing and reflections of nearby Beverly Hills buildings.
  • Wednesday, 24 December, 2025
    ExplainerGeneration Z
    How a straw-hatted anime pirate became a symbol of Gen Z dissent

    Young protesters around the world have rallied under the image in their fight for political change

    A montage of protesters holding the Jolly Roger flag
  • Friday, 19 December, 2025
    Ageing Populations
    Over-50s should work for longer to ease pressures of ageing society, say Lords

    Falling fertility rates and rising life expectancy will pose ‘significant economic and fiscal challenges’

  • Wednesday, 10 December, 2025
    Can technology help us defy death?

    Our new podcast series explores the longevity industry

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