Questions tagged [demographics]
Information about a given population. Use this tag to discuss population statistics
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2024 UK election: What connects the regions where Liberal Democrats succeeded?
In terms of systematic differences such as demography, what connects the regions that turned orange and what connects those that turned red, during the 2019-2024 UK election cycle?
Looking at the ...
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Why has the number of Germans in Kazakhstan begun to increase?
According to the latest census in Kazakhstan:
"The 2021 Census revealed for the first time since the dissolution of the USSR, that the ethnic German population of Kazakhstan had increased to 226,...
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What "non-white" countries give special privileges to ethnic minorities?
Many white countries (defined as countries where the largest ethnic block is of European descent) have government programs that give special privileges to ethnic minorities.
Example 1: the United ...
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Are millennials and generation Z more politically conscious than previous generations?
When I was growing up, my generation (gen X) was rather apathetic in our youth. Politics was the boring stuff done up there with little bearing on what's happening down here. It was the realm of ...
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Why are a majority of Vietnamese Republican, as opposed to other Asian-American groups in the United States?
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/05/25/asian-voters-in-the-u-s-tend-to-be-democratic-but-vietnamese-american-voters-are-an-exception/
About half of Vietnamese American registered voters ...
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Indigeneous Palestinian population in Sinai
In 1982 the town of Rafah was split in two by the Israel-Egypt peace treaty:
When Israel withdrew from the Sinai in 1982, Rafah was split into a Gazan part and an Egyptian part, dividing families, ...
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Are there countries other than Israel which are regularly described in terms of their ethnic nature? [duplicate]
In Western parlance, and in particular among supporters of Israel, it is common to describe Israel as "the Jewish state." For instance, here is one example from the ADL.
"In addition, ...
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Which country has the largest number of non-immigrant ethnic groups recognized by the country? [closed]
Soon after the establishment of the People's Republic of China, 39
ethnic groups were recognized by the first national census in 1954.
This further increased to 54 by the second national census in ...
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South Korea's birth rate is the lowest in the world - why aren't they doing anything about it? [closed]
If any other government had the lowest fertility rate in the world, they would feel really scared for the future of their nation and start working hard.
But the South Korean government has done ...
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Who coined the term "the Lululemon Belt"?
An article at Politico by Jonathan Martin refers to constituency or faction (apparently) made up of white female moderate suburban Republicans in "the Lululemon belt — from Buckhead to Bala ...
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Why do the Nordics have a low birth rate despite their government providing all parents with free childcare and parental leave?
Supporters of free childcare, parental leave and other parental perks often claim that the lack of such benefits is the root cause of low fertility rates in the US and other developed nations. And yet,...
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Why is there such a large gap between the census and the population estimates when counting the number of Chinese residents in Russia?
Ethnic Chinese in Russia officially numbered 39,483 according to the
2002 census.[2] However, this figure is contested, with the Overseas
Community Affairs Council of Taiwan claiming 998,000 in 2004 ...
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What stereotypes are true when it comes to religion, genders, race, military, and the government? [closed]
Provide accurate information of evidence along with the stereotype that is true base on one or more of the subjects that I listed above.
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Does the government of South Korea have any plans to address their fertility rate, which is currently the lowest in the world?
South Korea currently has a fertility rate of 0.84, which is the lowest in the world and significantly below the minimum required to sustain their population. Given this strong reduction, does their ...
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How can a country balance its demographics ethically and morally? [closed]
As a kind of follow-up from this question, I have another question.
How can a country balance its demographics ethically and morally?
Of course, mass genocide and rapes are some of the ways, but they ...
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