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Peak people is almost upon us. For tens of thousands of years, we humans have gone forth and multiplied. Now, the multiplication part is ending. Dozens of countries across the world are already experiencing declining populations. More join their ranks every year. Within a few decades, the human population of the planet will start to fall. While the 20th century was all about population explosion, this one will be about managing the consequences of contraction and ageing everywhere outside sub-Saharan Africa, the only region of the world in which countries are expected to continue to see their national headcounts rise until…
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