The pandemic, by its generalized scale, the violence of the shock and its massive impact on economies, will necessarily have consequences on demography.
Two HSBC economists have looked into the issue, drawing on past episodes of crises - natural disasters, terrorist attacks, recessions.
They predict an acceleration in birth rates around the world and a slowdown in the rate of population growth.
The peak, where the world's population begins to decline, could be brought forward from 2060 to 2050, write James Pomeroy and Henry Ward.
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The first demographic impact of the virus is the number of deaths, which currently reaches more than 1,850,000 according to official statistics.
These data, which are certainly underestimated, do not take into account people suffering from other pathologies who have not been able to seek treatment.
At this stage, the Covid appears ten times less fatal than cardiovascular diseases, and five times less than cancers.
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