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Demographics and population

  • Saturday, 2 May, 2026
    Health
    The problem with healthy life expectancy

    A crude blend of very different statistics is not the best tool for the job

    John Burn-Murdoch
    Montage of a woman looking worried and resting her head on her hand, with graph lines rising and falling behind her
  • Friday, 1 May, 2026
    Ageing Populations
    Alphaville. Unemployment really sucks, exhibit MCXXVII

    Unsurprising but moderately interesting news

  • Friday, 1 May, 2026
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    How will falling fertility rates hurt the economy? With Melissa Kearney

    Strained public finances will only feel more pressure

  • Tuesday, 28 April, 2026
    Politics
    UK population growth downgraded as migration slows

    ONS predicts number of residents will reach 71mn by 2034 due to lower fertility and immigration curbs

    People walk and sit on benches among blooming flowers in Queen Elizabeth II Garden at Regents Park, London.
  • Tuesday, 28 April, 2026
    Germany
    German births fall to lowest since postwar records began in 1946

    Country faces demographic crunch as difference between deaths and births rises to highest level in its postwar history

    A person holds a newborn baby.
  • Saturday, 25 April, 2026
    FT Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign
    Are your kids ignoring your money advice?

    They may have good reason, Gen Z are confronting a very different set of economic circumstances to those their parents faced

    Collage illustration of a parent and young adult child talking, a phone screen with the OpenAI logo, a gold coin with the Bitcoin logo, a stock line chart, a house and a graduation mortarboard hat
  • Thursday, 23 April, 2026
    UK Inequality
    Alphaville. The UK became less unequal as doctors became less well-paid

    See also, teachers

  • Wednesday, 22 April, 2026
    Social affairs
    Alphaville. Population collapses of yore

    Poring over precedents for China’s prospective population plummet

  • Tuesday, 21 April, 2026
    China
    Alphaville. Will China get richer before it gets much, much smaller?

    Demographic dataviz

  • Saturday, 18 April, 2026
    Social affairs
    Why higher pay hasn’t made young adults feel richer

    The aspiration gap has turned everyone into losers, especially graduates

    John Burn-Murdoch
    Montage image of a mortar board and two chart lines
  • Friday, 17 April, 2026
    House & Home
    What is a city without children?

    As urban housebuilding strategies around the world increasingly push families out, the ‘sidewalk ballet’ — and heart — of community life is under threat

    Empty children's playground with closed equipment in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris during Covid-19 lockdown.
  • Wednesday, 15 April, 2026
    Personal Finance
    Reader callout: Do you worry you’re giving your children bad financial advice?

    University, property, investments — some of the pillars of sound financial guidance are being tested

    Two young adults sit at a café table; one woman looks at her smartphone while an older man is partially visible in the foreground.
  • Wednesday, 15 April, 2026
    Ageing Populations
    America goes from roommates to boommates

    Baby boomers are now the fastest-growing part of the US room rental market

    Patti Waldmeir
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  • Wednesday, 15 April, 2026
    UK society
    People in England’s poorest areas live less than 50 years in good health

    Data highlights 20-year gap compared with those living in the richest neighbourhoods of the country

    Two women, one seated on a bollard and the other in a wheelchair, wait beside double yellow lines near a parked car.
  • Monday, 13 April, 2026
    Environment
    Retirement could be the most social time of your life

    New research challenges the narrative that ageing societies should be thought of in terms of decline

    Carlo Ratti
    Several elderly people sit on benches under a shaded pavilion in a park, some chatting and others resting quietly.
  • Friday, 10 April, 2026
    Annuities
    Annuities look more attractive in wake of inflation fears, say advisers

    Benefits of a fixed and stable income set to play more prominent role in retirement planning

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  • Thursday, 9 April, 2026
    Life & Arts
    FT Magazine. The creeping feeling that life is getting too long

    Why our lengthening lifespans are not entirely welcome

    Simon Kuper
    Elderly figure with a cane stands beneath a glowing exit sign beside a long staircase in darkness.
  • Thursday, 26 March, 2026
    US immigration
    US population growth falters as immigration falls

    County-level census data shows that big cities are also being hit by domestic migration

    A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer wearing a vest marked ‘POLICE ICE’ stands facing a crowd of travellers at an airport security line.
  • Tuesday, 24 March, 2026
    UK society
    Civic-minded pensioners make the world go round

    Policymakers need to think about the costs of having a generation of retirees not on the property ladder

    Stephen Bush
    Illustration of a nesting doll with the picture of an old man with a gray hair.
  • Sunday, 22 March, 2026
    Spanish politics
    Spain’s angry young men turn to the radical right

    Young women still lean to the left but male youth is more rightwing than it has been for decades

    A group of young people walk past market stalls at night in Teruel, Spain, with a large VOX party banner visible above the street.
  • Saturday, 21 March, 2026
    Personal Finance
    Is it ever right to give one child more money than another?

    When it comes to gifts or inheritance, parents must decide whether to give equally, or help those in most need

    Illustration of a set of scales with each side containing families, with a hand pushing down one side
  • Monday, 16 March, 2026
    UK politics
    Labour must not lose my generation of voters

    The defeat by the Greens in Greater Manchester demonstrates the danger of failing to address economic burdens

    Chris Curtis
    Graduates wearing caps and gowns gather and talk outside at Birmingham University after their graduation ceremony.
  • Sunday, 15 March, 2026
    Personal Finance
    Concierge Nation: welcome to white-glove America

    Pay enough, and you can jump to the front of the queue for almost anything

    Rana Foroohar
    A concierge stands behind a desk dividing a shabby, damaged area on the left and a clean, well-kept area with an elevator and bellhop on the right.
  • Saturday, 14 March, 2026
    A new era for Isas: FT Money special 2026
    Is your Isa strategy up to date?

    Upcoming changes to pensions rules will have a significant impact on how people use Isas in retirement

    Clare Munro
    Montage image of three money chests and a wiggly path with pinpoints
  • Thursday, 12 March, 2026
    A new era for Isas: FT Money special 2026
    Should you lie to your kids about their Junior Isas?

    Parents worry about their children getting access to a lump sum at an early age — some choose to keep it a secret

    Alice Ross
    A woman smiles while talking to a girl who is drawing in a notebook at a table with a laptop and papers.
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