Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter One: Introduction -- Organization -- Chapter Two: Numbers -- Fertility Rates -- Survival Rates -- Migration -- Projections -- Youth Bulges to Come? -- Projected Muslim Populations -- Conclusions -- Chapter Three: Long-Term Trends in National GDP -- Forecasts of GDP per Working-Age Population -- Uncertainties in the Relationship Between Aging and GDP -- Conclusions -- Chapter Four: The Economic Burden of Aging Populations -- Policies Plus People Equals Burden -- A Profile of the Aging World -- The Advanced Countries -- The Developing Countries -- Medical Expenditures -- Ambiguities in the Relationship Between Aging and Medical Expenditures -- Counterevidence That Costs May Rise with Aging -- Summing Up Aging and Medical Costs -- Pension Expenditures and the Fiscal Burden -- Implications for the Fiscal Burden, or the Lack Thereof -- Conclusions -- Chapter Five: The Influence of Demographics on the Causes of War -- Chapter Six: The Impact of Demographic Trends on Military Power Projection -- Manpower, Money, and Technical Expertise -- Manpower -- National Income -- Technical Expertise -- Other -- The Contribution of Demographics to Various Military Missions -- Nuclear Coercion -- Commons Control -- Surveillance -- Conventional Combat -- Raids and Seizures -- Counterinsurgency -- Military Operations Other Than War -- Implications -- Chapter Seven: Implications -- Findings -- Major Themes -- The Once and Future Indispensable Nation -- The Shrinking Zone of War -- Lessons for the Air Force -- Appendixes -- Appendix A: Delayed Maternity and Fertility Rates -- Appendix B: Trade-Offs Between Fertility Rates and Migration Rates -- Bibliography.