As Alan Weisman wrote, in The World Without Us, “The intelligent solution [to the problem of population growth] would require the courage and the wisdom to put our knowledge to the test.

New research in 2023 revealed that the world's population might not stay as high as it has been and that it will soon drop dramatically. But would a major decline in the global population be a ...

Overpopulation afflicts most countries but remains primarily a local problem -- an ... Paul Demeny, of The Population Council, is exceptionally clear on this, and the World Bank economist Lant ...

As the theme of this year’s World Population Day reminds us, investing in data collection is important to understanding problems, tailoring solutions, and driving progress. So is finance.

The UNFPA states that migration is one of the three main factors that affect the world population. Incorrect. The correct answer is A. In the IOM’s 2020 World Migration Report, it was stated ...

The East Asian country posted 240,000 births last year, according to preliminary estimates, boosting the country's fertility rate to 0.75 from 0.72 in 2023. A fertility rate of 2.1 births expected per ...

With the world shocked, enthusiastic or outraged at U.S. President Donald Trump’s idea to take over the Gaza Strip and ...

And yet, not a word about the cause, common to all of these problems. The plague upon us is ourselves. Too many people struggling to deal with each other. As the world population continues to ...

And in China, the problem exists on a far more dramatic ... He is also the author of a new book on the future of the world's population. Chris Forman is the founder and CEO of Appcast, which ...

China’s population fell last year for the third straight year, its government said Friday, pointing to further demographic challenges for the world’s second most populous nation, which is now ...