Family size around the world is dropping. That choice by couples is triggering a population shift that's sending shock waves ...

Many economists and business leaders are raising alarms about falling birthrates. But advocates for lower human populations say a less crowded world will be happier and more sustainable.

A population boom around Mount Kilimanjaro, not climate change, is responsible for the rapid decline in biodiversity around ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The UN estimates that the world’s population will top out at 10.3 billion by 2080 before it enters a slow descent, ending 100 million lower by 2100.

In 2022, the world’s population reached 8 billion - a major milestone in human development. As UN Secretary-General António Guterres noted, “The milestone is an occasion to celebrate diversity and ...

Banga described the coming decades as “one of the great demographic shifts in human history,” noting that by 2050, more than 85 per cent of the world’s population will live in countries currently ...