The Demographic Time Bomb

The Demographic Time Bomb: What Happens When Countries Stop Having Children?

WHERE DID EVERYONE GO?

Empty classrooms arrive years before labour shortages, pension pressure and changing care needs. This documentary follows demographic change from fertility rates and population momentum through migration, productivity, pensions, healthcare and the policy choices already being tested in Japan, South Korea, Italy, China and Britain. It separates period fertility from completed family size, treats projections as scenarios rather than prophecy, and asks how societies can adapt without blaming parents, migrants or older people.

United Nations World Population Prospects 2024: https://www.un.org/development/desa/pd/content/world-population-prospects-2024 Office for National Statistics births in England and Wales 2025: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths/bulletins/birthsummarytablesenglandandwales/2025 OECD ageing and employment policies: https://www.oecd.org/en/topics/ageing-and-employment-policies.html

Runtime: 41.4 minutes.

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