Author: Boonwara Sumano, University of London

The future of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states is a source of considerable discussion, with economic recession, internal and interstate conflict, and environmental degradation remaining top concerns. This decade signals the increasing significance of another issue in the structure of member countries’ populations.

The ASEAN Statistical Yearbook 2008 reports that population in most ASEAN countries is declining. Read more…