Where have all the babies gone?

Available for 29 days

The social and economic impact of people living longer and having fewer babies is causing concern to many governments. Young people from around the world tell us about their experiences, and we hear analysis of the latest data from John Wilmoth, head of the population division of the United Nations. The Finnish demographer Anna Rotkirch explains a new theory that smartphones and social media are accelerating existing downwards trends in birth rates. Finally, we assess how societies and economies can adapt to shrinking and ageing populations, with Professor Sarah Harper, director of the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing and David Miles, a member of the Budget Responsibility Committee at the OBR and Professor of Financial Economics at Imperial College.