Hello and welcome to the G0 World podcast.

This is where you'll find extended versions of my interviews on public television.

I'm Ian Bremmer, and today, we are diving into an issue we all have in common, like it or not, aging, specifically population aging.

Across the world, populations are getting older. Birth rates are plummeting. By 2050,

one in six people on Earth will be over 65. While the global population is still increasing,

driven by growth in developing countries like Nigeria and Pakistan, experts predict that the global

population will peak in about 60 years.

Countries are facing tough questions, or at least those countries that care about their future.

What happens to economies designed for a much younger world?

Will pension systems go bankrupt?

How do they adapt to the demographic shift before it's too late?

Places like Japan and Italy are already grappling with shrinking workforces,

skyrocketing retirement costs, and health care systems stretched to their limits.

What should governments do? Can they get people to have more children? Can immigration solve

the problem? Most importantly, can we

restructure our societies to deal with the populations they actually have? We're going to talk about

all of that and more with my guest today, Dr. Jennifer Shuba, president and CEO of the

Population Reference Bureau. There's a lot to discuss.

The future of humanity literally hangs in the balance.

So let's get to it. Thank you. Jennifer Schubeau, thanks so much for joining us today.

Thanks for having me, Ian.

And we have not had a big conversation about demographics on the show, and it's about time, right?

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