A shrinking population will have profound consequences. It will turn expectations about everything from housing to greenhouse ...

World Population Day is an annual reminder of the urgent and complex issues surrounding global population growth. More than that, it offers the world to reflect on both the challenges, such as ...

Birth rates have dropped faster than life expectancy has increased, causing slower population growth around the world. Forecasts from the United Nations predict that world population will actually ...

Steep population declines in most countries are expected to have negative effects over the next several generations, but adaptation is possible ...

Are we facing tech-stinction? An Oklahoma tech expert predicted that artificial intelligence will become so omnipresent on the planet that Earth — with a current population of about 8 billion — will ...

A primary risk, as a population ages, is under-investment in children. As children make up an increasing share of the ...

Fertility rates are declining across much of the globe, and in many countries, they are now well below the level needed to ...

By Sir Mark Boleat “OPEN the door or pull up the drawbridge” is the title for tomorrow’s debate on population policy at which ...

“In the past”, says Furkan Kayabasoglu, an obstetrician in Istanbul, “I would deliver a couple’s first baby and then their second or even a third.” These days, however, “one and done” parents are ...

According to the World Population Review, the world's most populous cities remain concentrated in Asia and Latin America. Tokyo, Delhi, and Shanghai continue to lead in population size, while cities ...