Some countries are getting old. Others are staying young — and getting much bigger.

Seth Dixon‘s insight:

These time-lapse demographic charts help to visualize the impacts of the demographic transition principles on a society.  In the GIFs of the United States and Japan for example, you can clearly see the baby boomer generation and the ‘greying’ processes respectively. 

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