For many young people thinking about starting a family, worries about climate change or depletion of the Earth's natural resources are often a reason for thinking twice, like Annie Platt and Ryan ...

Depopulation — unremitting, long-term population decline — promises to be the 21st century’s most important demographic trend. After centuries of seemingly unstoppable increase, world population is on ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The UN estimates that the world’s population will top out at 10.3 billion by 2080 before it enters a slow descent, ending 100 million lower by 2100.

The impact is especially pronounced in Japan, which the United Nations has classified as a " super-aged" society —meaning at ...

Our world is becoming increasingly urban. Cities are now home to 45 per cent of the global population of 8.2 billion, according to UN DESA’s World Urbanization Prospects 2025: Summary of Results, ...

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 ...

When discussing the decline in global fertility rates, I’ll often mischievously toss in this quote from Lady Macbeth, “Things without all remedy should be without regard: what’s done is done.” My ...

Tokyo (CNN) — Japan’s precipitous population decline shows no sign of slowing, with the nation shrinking by more than 900,000 people last year – the biggest annual drop on record, according to ...

A declining population can wreak havoc on a country whose various social programs are based on growing numbers of citizens. For instance, the Social Security system in the U.S., and similar ones in ...