The stages of the life cycle, Ageing

Marie-Eve Joël and Jean-Marie Robine

present the Longévité et Vieillissements [Longevity and ageing] research cluster

Prevalence of breastfeeding in French maternity clinics

Seven in ten women breastfeed their babies at the maternity clinic, according to the first findings of the ELFE study, which is following over 18,000 children born in 2011.

French youth policy: critical analysis and recommendations

Stéphane Carcillo (OECD, Sciences Po), Claire Guichet (CESE, Paris II, CERSA), Bruno Palier (CNRS and Sciences Po) and Olivier Thévenon (OECD and INED) shared their answers to this question at a round table discussion at INED on May 27, the closing event of the Demographic Economy unit research day on transitions to adulthood. The following is a summary of their remarks.

Imagining tomorrow’s population

You can use the population simulator to see the future population trends of the whole world or of individual countries as forecast by the United Nations projections. You can also make your own simulations by adjusting fertility, life expectancy and the sex ratio at birth. Play with l’institut national d’études démographiques.

Population by age

All countries

Population Pyramid