Population ageing, a global phenomenon characterised by a significant increase in the proportion of older people within a population, stands as a testament to humanity’s progress and challenges. As ...

China has been keen to slow population growth for several years. A larger population equals more mouths to feed, more houses and jobs required and a greater demand on schools and hospitals.

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 ...

The first wave of extinctions targeted large vertebrates hunted by hunter-gatherers. The second, larger wave began 10,000 years ago as the discovery of agriculture caused a population boom and a need ...

Since the middle of the 20th Century, the global population has more than tripled in size, from 2.5 billion in 1950, to 7.9 billion in 2021. Research by the United Nations projects that the global ...