In this episode of 'Cliff Notes on the Global Manufacturing Picture', host Cliff Waldman reviews the latest look at global population trends from the United Nations. The 2022 report of the UN's World Population Prospects presents population estimates from 1950 to the present for 237 countries, underpinned by an analysis of historical demographic data. Cliff explains why population trends matter for such critical things as the long-term economic outlook and the labor force. After overviewing the key findings from the U.N. report and discussing regional differences in such things as population growth rates and life expectancy, he concludes the episode by discussing the implications for manufacturing.

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