The world's population is expected to peak at 10.3 billion in 2084 and then decline to 10.2 billion through the end of the ...

China's leadership is eager to reverse the trend, as the soaring number of elderly citizens is expected to increase the ...

World Population Day 2025 is not just a date on the calendar—it is a call to action. As global population figures continue to ...

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with economist and demographer Dean Spears about why he thinks depopulation isn't the answer to the global climate crisis.

The world population increased by more than 71 million people in 2024 and will be 8.09 billion people on New Year’s Day, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released Monday. The 0.9% ...

For years, the official estimate of Earth’s population has hovered around 8.2 billion. However, a new study suggests that the actual number of people living on our planet could be much higher ...

The world population is rising and expected to cross 9.6 billion by 2050. Know the fastest-growing countries in the world, most populated countries like India and China, and why African nations may ...

But these pronatalist policy measures risk repeating history’s mistakes — substituting one form of reproductive coercion ...

According to the United Nations Population Division, Latin America will make the demographic shift from a young to an aging society in less than 40 years.