7 population trends that will determine our future

Children queue for their turn on a slide on International Children's Day in Beijing, June 1, 2021.
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The coronavirus pandemic continues to take a toll on the world's population, and China and the US are facing demographic declines.
These dynamics, and the seven explored below, will have dramatic and large-scale effects on the way we live in the decades to come.
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As the coronavirus pandemic continues to take its toll on