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 ...

After the Spike: Population, Progress, and the Case for People, by Dean Spears and Michael Geruso, Simon & Schuster, 320 pages, $29.99 Natalist panic is rife nowadays. The White House is weighing ...

One of the biggest issues of the 21 st century, yet to capture widespread attention, is rapidly changing expert projections of the global population over the coming decades. Not so long ago, ...

The world's population growth tells two stories: in many countries populations are aging, while in others, populations are getting younger. Projections show most countries will likely see shrinking ...

Every year, on July 11th, the world observes World Population Day. This significant occasion serves as a powerful reminder to raise global awareness about crucial population issues, including rapid ...

Christians are the world’s largest religious group, and they are a majority in every region except the Asia-Pacific and Middle East-North Africa regions. But they are shrinking as a share of the ...

In 1970, a woman in Mexico might have expected to have seven children, on average. By 2014, that figure had fallen to around two. As of 2023, it was just 1.6. That means that the population is no ...

Muslims are the world’s second-largest religious group and the fastest-growing major religion. They make up the vast majority of the population in the Middle East-North Africa region. In all other ...

Paul Ehrlich, famed co-author of “The Population Bomb,” died last week at the age of 93. The book argued that rapid global population growth would outstrip food supplies, leading to famine and ...