This item is taken from the monthly magazine Sciences et Avenir n°953-954, dated July-August 2026.
“Humanity would become extinct within about a hundred years,” replies demographer Gilles Pison, advisor to the management of the National Institute for Demographic Studies (Ined). Meanwhile, the population would age inexorably, until it consisted only of elderly people. However, this extreme scenario remains very far removed from current dynamics.
