Fernando Fernandes

de·mog·ra·phy AmE /dɪˈmɑː.ɡrə.fi/ · BrE /dɪˈmɒɡ.rə.fi/ noun The statistical study of human populations.
Fernando Fernandes

Populations are aging faster than institutions can adapt. My research applies economic and mathematical demography to analyze how mortality, migration, and fertility change age structures — and what that implies for public policy.

Selected publications

2026

Fernandes, Fernando, and Paulo Paiva. 2026. Revisitando Os Impactos Fiscais Da Dinâmica Demográfica Sobre o RGPS: Muito Além Dos Ajustes de Curto Prazo. [Revisiting the Fiscal Impacts of Demographic Dynamics on the General Social Security System (RGPS): Far Beyond Short-Term Adjustments]. Imagine Brasil. Fundação Dom Cabral. [URL]
Turra, Cassio M., and Fernando Fernandes. 2026. “A transição demográfica no Brasil: fundamentos teóricos e evidências históricas. [The demographic transition in Brazil: theoretical fundamentals and historical evidences].” In Populações e desenvolvimento: 30 anos pensando, repensando e construindo o Brasil, edited by Richarlls Martins and Paula Miranda-Ribeiro. Círculo de Giz. [PDF]

2023

Fernandes, Fernando, Cássio M. Turra, and Eduardo L. G. Rios Neto. 2023. “World Population Aging as a Function of Period Demographic Conditions.” Demographic Research 48 (13): 353–72. [DOI]

In the media

Fernando Fernandes on CNN Brasil CNN Brasil ▶