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 ...

Perhaps the most profound implication of population decline lies in how we measure societal success. For millennia, growth served as the primary metric. A larger population meant more workers, more ...

For decades, we’ve been told that the world’s biggest problem is too many people. From Malthus in the 18th century to “The Population Bomb” in the 1960s, the warnings were dire: More people would mean ...

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 ...

According to the World Population Review, the world's most populous cities remain concentrated in Asia and Latin America. Tokyo, Delhi, and Shanghai continue to lead in population size, while cities ...

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with economist and demographer Dean Spears about why he thinks depopulation isn't the answer to the global climate crisis. For many young people thinking about starting a ...

A new University of Oxford study finds that almost half of the global population (3.79 billion) will be living with extreme heat by 2050 if the world reaches 2.0°C of global warming above ...

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 ...