On a special episode (first released on August 1, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: Across the globe, populations are in precipitous decline. People are simply not having children at the fertility rate ...

10 July 2024 - Two years ago, our world marked the milestone of 8 billion people living on this planet. What has happened since then? How many lives are expected to see the light of day? Where do ...

Japan’s population is shrinking faster than ever, with nearly a million more deaths than births in 2024 – the steepest decline since records began in 1968. New figures released by the Ministry of ...

As the LGBTQ+ population gets older – and many of us within that population get older – we are going to be asking questions ...

Demographer Jennifer Sciubba joins WIRED to answer the internet's questions about population and demographics. What is demography? What perspective can demographics provide about populations and ...

The U.S. Census Bureau has projected that the nation's population will hit 341,145,670 at midnight on New Year's Day. It marks an increase of over 2.6 million people (0.78%) from January 1, 2024, and ...

If the CBO's predictions become true, some experts warn that Ohio would be among the first to feel the impact, as a state with an aging population, dropping birth rates and a declining number of ...

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

According to scientists at Washington State University, losses of honey bee colonies this year are projected to be the highest on record in the last decade. While there is no definitive cause, there ...