
The European Demographic Data Sheet 2024 explores, visualises and compares population indicators for 45 European countries and regions. The 2024 edition puts a spotlight on population trends during unfolding recent crises, especially the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian war against Ukraine.
The principal aim of the master’s programme in Global Demography at the University of Vienna is to give students a strong scientific grounding in the analysis and forecasting of demographic developments across the globe – in particular, fertility, mortality and migration trends.
The Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital highlights the latest News, Publications, Events and other activities of the population network with the electronic POPNET newsletter. Sign up here!
Explore, select and download data on past reconstructions and future projections of the global population by age, sex and education – and visualize it with the Wittgenstein Centre Human Capital Graphic Explorer.
The Vienna Yearbook of Population Research (VYPR) is an open-access journal that features contributions addressing population trends as well as a broad range of theoretical and methodological issues in population research.
Download Education Specific Fertility Estimates and Plots for African Countries here!
Understanding the vulnerability of the EU population to both slow- and fast-onset climate impacts is crucial. By examining various vulnerability indicators, including age, health, economic status, and housing situation at the territorial level, several areas with higher concentrations of vulnerable populations were identified. Read more!

This collection of short articles sheds light on the current situation of families. It examines aspects of the current partnership, previous relationships, the family of origin, family formation and further planning, as well as the division of labour within the family, participation in employment and the associated economic situation of families. Finally, the implications of the recent global crises for families in Austria are analysed.
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The Wittgenstein Centre provides fact sheets to current demographic topics that inform about the role of demography in science and provide research highlights on climate change and demography; migration; longevity, health, wellbeing; economic demography; fertility and family; Covid-19 and on the Wittgenstein Centre itself. The Wittgenstein Centre fact sheets are provided in English as well as German language.
The Wittgenstein Centre Reports cover the achievements of the Wittgenstein Centre during various periods. The most recent Wittgenstein Centre Report of Activities “Advancing Demography and Global Human Capital Research” summarizes the achievements of the Wittgenstein Centre in the years 2018-2022.