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Contemporary Demographic Transformations in China, India and Indonesia

  • Examines the profound demographic transformation currently taking place in Asia’s three most populated countries
  • Adopts a systematic comparative approach to the understanding of population dynamics in China, India and Indonesia
  • Investigates regional trends in mortality, fertility, migration and urbanization as well as education and aging
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development (DTSD, volume 5)

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Forty Percent of the World

    • Christophe Z. Guilmoto, Gavin W. Jones
    Pages 1-33
  3. Mortality

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-35
    2. Recent Mortality Trends in China

      • Zhongwei Zhao, Wei Chen, Yongai Jin
      Pages 37-53
    3. Trends in Mortality Differentials in India

      • Nandita Saikia
      Pages 55-71
    4. Mortality Trends in Indonesia

      • Soeharsono Soemantri, Tien Afifa
      Pages 73-87
    5. Mortality in China, India and Indonesia: an Overview

      • Christophe Z. Guilmoto
      Pages 89-94
  4. Fertility

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
    2. Understanding Fertility Trends in China

      • Zhigang Guo
      Pages 97-111
    3. The Past and Future of Fertility Change in India

      • Christophe Z. Guilmoto
      Pages 113-132
  5. Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159
    2. Education in China, India and Indonesia: an Overview

      • Divya Sunder Ramchand
      Pages 215-220
  6. Migration

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 221-221
    2. Internal Migration in China: Changes and Trends

      • Zhenzhen Zheng, Ge Yang
      Pages 223-237

About this book

This book examines the profound demographic transformation affecting China, India, and Indonesia, where 40% of the world's people live. It offers a systematic, comparative approach that will help readers to better understand the changing social and regional recomposition of the population in these regions.


The chapters present a detailed investigation and mapping of regional trends in mortality, fertility, migration and urbanization, education, and aging. Throughout, the analysis carefully considers how these trends affect economic and social development. Coverage also raises global, theoretical questions about the singular ways in which each of these three countries have achieved their demographic transition.


As the authors reveal, demographic trends seem to be somewhat linear and anticipatable, providing Asia’s three demographic giants and their governments a formidable advantage in planning for the future. But the evolution of human mobility in China, India, and Indonesia, closely intertwined as it is with changing economic conditions, appears less predictable and ranks high among the major challenges to demographic knowledge in the coming decades.


Offering an insightful look into the components, implications, and regional variations of a changing population, this book will appeal to social scientists, demographers, anthropologists, sociologists, epidemiologists, and specialists in Asian studies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut de Recherche pour le Développem, Paris, France

    Christophe Z. Guilmoto

  • School of Demography, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

    Gavin W. Jones

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Contemporary Demographic Transformations in China, India and Indonesia

  • Editors: Christophe Z. Guilmoto, Gavin W. Jones

  • Series Title: Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Development

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24783-0

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-24781-6Published: 18 December 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79678-9Published: 28 March 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-24783-0Published: 12 December 2015

  • Series ISSN: 2543-0041

  • Series E-ISSN: 2543-0068

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 342

  • Number of Illustrations: 26 b/w illustrations, 70 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Demography, Population Economics, Human Geography, Aging, Migration

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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