Global demographic trends

Keywords: demographic asymmetry,, depopulation,, demographic aging,, migration,, macropolization,, ethnic structure Abstract Abstract: demographic asymmetry, depopulation, demographic aging, migration, macropolization, ethnic structure. Abstract: The article argues the need to analyze global demographic trends to clarify their impact on national and regional trends in socio-economic development, the development of domestic policy in various areas, and the formation of the state's foreign policy strategy. The population dynamics at the global level are analyzed, and trends in the strengthening of the world demographic asymmetry between developed and developing countries are shown. Uneven population growth results from unequal trends in the decline in birth rate and age-related mortality transformation, and therefore different types of reproduction, which are characteristic of various phases of the second demographic transition. Regional differences in demographic aging trends are shown. The factors and trends of macropolization processes in the world and regions are revealed. Demographic asymmetry and age transformation, along with economic disparities and security challenges, determine the volume and direction of migration processes in the world. Europe has become the largest immigration region in the world, which affects the ethnostructural dynamics in the countries-recipients of migrants. Three groups of European states are distinguished by the reduction in the share of the state-forming ethnic group in the total population for 1987-2019, the share of immigrants at the current stage, and the countries of origin of the largest immigration cohorts. The peculiarities of the impact of global demographic trends on Ukraine in the conditions of war and the post-war period are revealed. The main demographic challenges that will arise after the war are identified. The basic principles of the policy of controlled immigration, which must be introduced in Ukraine, are outlined