Family size around the world is dropping. That choice by couples is triggering a population shift that's sending shock waves ...

Across the globe, there is a shift in the size of families as birthrates decline. Communities, schools, and workforces are ...

Japan is decades ahead of the rest of the world with an aging and shrinking population. There are some who claim we don't ...

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.

China’s extreme automation is a strength, but it’s also a response to the country’s most fundamental weakness: the impending ...

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 ...

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 ...

The decline in China's population last year is likely to have exceeded the historic fall recorded in 2022, but the overall downward trend in the next three decades will be mild, a senior demographer ...

In After the Spike, two economists make a provocative case that population decline could stall innovation and human progress.

Deaths exceeded births in Taiwan for the 21st straight month, according to newly released government statistics, underscoring ...