Feeling crowded yet? The US Census Bureau estimates the world’s population has passed 8 billion
1 year, 1 month ago

Feeling crowded yet? The US Census Bureau estimates the world’s population has passed 8 billion

Associated Press  

The human species has topped 8 billion, with longer lifespans offsetting fewer births, but world population growth continues a long-term trend of slowing down, the U.S. Census Bureau said Thursday. While world population growth remains brisk, growing from 6 billion to 8 billion since the turn of the millennium, the rate has slowed since doubling between 1960 and 2000. Fertility rates, or the rate of births per woman of childbearing age, are meanwhile declining, falling below replacement level in much of the world and contributing to a more than 50-year trend, on average, of slimmer increases in population growth. Countries with fertility rates around replacement level include India, Tunisia and Argentina.

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Natural population growth rate lagging, NBS says
1 month, 1 week ago

Natural population growth rate lagging, NBS says

China Daily  

Amid efforts to boost the nation's birth rate, the China Statistical Yearbook 2024 recently released by the National Bureau of Statistics said only eight provincial-level regions recorded a positive natural population growth rate last year. According to the yearbook, the top three regions in terms of natural population growth rates last year were the Xizang autonomous region, the Ningxia Hui …

China to create TV shows and films that promote ‘childbearing culture’
1 month, 3 weeks ago

China to create TV shows and films that promote ‘childbearing culture’

The Telegraph  

Beijing enforced a “one-child” policy until 2015 that limited couples to just one offspring. However, the longstanding one-child policy left a deep impression on China’s culture that has been difficult to shake, and birth rates have remained depressed. China’s birth rate fell to a record low in 2023 and the population shrunk for the second year in a row. UN …

Japan’s birth rate hits alarming new low in first half of 2024
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Japan’s birth rate hits alarming new low in first half of 2024

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Japan marked 350,074 births between January to June, which …

JD Vance's divisive 'childless cat lady' comments highlight very real concerns about America's future that could cost YOU thousands
4 months, 3 weeks ago

JD Vance's divisive 'childless cat lady' comments highlight very real concerns about America's future that could cost YOU thousands

Daily Mail  

Donald Trump's VP pick JD Vance spent last week sweltering in the spotlight after his past quotes calling Democratic leaders 'a bunch of childless cat ladies' went viral. Trump's VP pick JD Vance faced scrutiny after his past quotes calling Democratic leaders 'a bunch of childless cat ladies' went viral - but the quote speaks to real concerns: US birthrates …

Japan's population declines for 15th consecutive year, birth rates hit a record low
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Japan's population declines for 15th consecutive year, birth rates hit a record low

India TV News  

Tokyo: Japan's total population marked the 15th straight year of decline, according to government data released on Wednesday, dropping by more than half a million as the population ages and births remain low. The data also showed that the 11 per cent increase in foreign residents helped their population surpass 3 million for the first time. While foreign residents increased …

India’s population to peak at 1.7bn in 2060s, decline afterwards; China and Japan’s population to reduce significantly
5 months, 1 week ago

India’s population to peak at 1.7bn in 2060s, decline afterwards; China and Japan’s population to reduce significantly

Live Mint  

India’s population will most likely peak at 1.7 billion in the early 2060s and is projected to decline after that by 12 per cent. However, according to the World Population Prospects 2024 report released on July 11, the population is expected to decline to 10.2 billion people by the end of this century. The population is currently estimated at 1.45 …

World population is projected to grow from 8.2 billion to a peak of 10.3 billion in 2080s, U.N. says
5 months, 1 week ago

World population is projected to grow from 8.2 billion to a peak of 10.3 billion in 2080s, U.N. says

LA Times  

People take smartphone photos of the crowd on a street near Tiananmen Square as visitors gather to watch a flag-raising ceremony on the National Day in Beijing on Oct. 1, 2023. The world’s population is expected to grow by more than 2 billion people in the next decades and peak in the 2080s at around 10.3 billion, a new report …

Population dynamics impact East Asia development
5 months, 1 week ago

Population dynamics impact East Asia development

China Daily  

Although the global population reached 8 billion in 2022, population growth continues to slow down. The population growth rate in East Asia dropped below 1 percent in 1993, while the fertility rate fell below the replacement level. The prolonged low fertility rate has led to negative population growth in China and a couple of other East Asian countries, with features …

World population is projected to grow from 8.2 billion to a peak of 10.3 billion in 2080s, UN says
5 months, 1 week ago

World population is projected to grow from 8.2 billion to a peak of 10.3 billion in 2080s, UN says

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. According to the World Population Prospects 2024 report, the …

Britain’s birth rate halves as wealthy countries face ‘low fertility future’
6 months ago

Britain’s birth rate halves as wealthy countries face ‘low fertility future’

The Telegraph  

Britain’s birth rate has fallen to a record low as a growing number of women shun parenthood. The UK’s birth rate is currently 1.53 children per woman, which the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development classes as well below the 2.1 needed to maintain a country’s population at its current level. Over the past decade the UK’s birth rate has …

Population collapse: The gloomy scenario in South Korea, Japan and what is in store for India in the future
7 months ago

Population collapse: The gloomy scenario in South Korea, Japan and what is in store for India in the future

Op India  

In a recent televised interview, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted that the decline in the population of the ‘all-inclusive’ Hindu civilization should be a matter of concern for the world. Today the world should be concerned about how the Hindu population will increase.” India’s TFR drops below 2.1 for the first time, eyeing challenges currently staring at countries like Japan …

Fertility levels drop below one in many Asian nations: Data
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Fertility levels drop below one in many Asian nations: Data

The Hindu  

Many countries in East and Southeast Asia are in the middle of a population crisis, with fewer births every year and record-low fertility rates. Currently, in four countries — South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan — the fertility rates are lower than one. Chart 1 | The chart shows the TFR in China, Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan and …

Falling birth rates will leave UK reliant on immigration until 2100, scientists warn
9 months ago

Falling birth rates will leave UK reliant on immigration until 2100, scientists warn

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. They said that for countries with low fertility rates, …

Births crisis: Nearly every country to shrink by 2100, study warns
9 months ago

Births crisis: Nearly every country to shrink by 2100, study warns

Al Jazeera  

Sub-Saharan Africa to account for one in every two children born in 2100, Lancet study says. “Global recognition of the challenges around migration and global aid networks are going to be all the more critical when there is fierce competition for migrants to sustain economic growth and as sub-Saharan Africa’s baby boom continues apace.” Dramatic declines in global fertility rates …

Birth rates fall to all-time lows in Japan and South Korea
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Birth rates fall to all-time lows in Japan and South Korea

The Telegraph  

South Korea’s fertility rate hit a record low in 2023, fuelling fears of “national extinction” as politicians scramble for solutions to reverse the population decline. Projections that it could nosedive further to 0.68 this year have stoked concern of a demographic time bomb that represents the biggest risk to South Korea’s economy, social welfare and health systems, as well as …

How the world’s falling birthrate is leading to economic catastrophe
10 months, 1 week ago

How the world’s falling birthrate is leading to economic catastrophe

The Telegraph  

“I had always known I didn’t want to have children, but why?” says Ruby Warrington. I realised that all the self-doubt and shame I’d felt about not wanting to have children had come from external pressure and conditioning.” As she researched the problem, she realised she was part of a global trend of women – and men – deciding not …

China’s population falls for a 2nd straight year as births drop even after end of one-child policy
11 months, 1 week ago

China’s population falls for a 2nd straight year as births drop even after end of one-child policy

Associated Press  

BEIJING — China’s population fell by 2 million people in 2023 in its second straight annual decrease, as births dropped for the seventh straight year and deaths jumped following the end of COVID-19 restrictions, the government said Wednesday. The lower fertility rate, together with people living longer because of better health care, means China is slowly growing older, something that …

World population up 75 million this year, topping 8 billion by Jan. 1
11 months, 3 weeks ago

World population up 75 million this year, topping 8 billion by Jan. 1

LA Times  

People look up at Christmas lights while strolling around downtown Lisbon’s Chiado neighborhood last week. The world population grew by 75 million people over the last year and on New Year’s Day it will stand at more than 8 billion people, according to figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday. The U.S. added 1.7 million people and will …

World’s population has passed 8 billion, says US Census Bureau
1 year, 1 month ago

World’s population has passed 8 billion, says US Census Bureau

The Independent  

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China Launches Population Survey to Address Alarming Birth Rate Decline
1 year, 1 month ago

China Launches Population Survey to Address Alarming Birth Rate Decline

News 18  

China will begin polling 1.4 billion people on Wednesday in a survey on population changes, as authorities struggle to incentivise people to have more children amid a declining birth rate and the first population drop in more than six decades. China last conducted its once-in-a-decade census in November 2020 which showed it grew at the slowest pace since the first …

In Japan, a third of today's 18-year-old women may not have children: Study
1 year, 3 months ago

In Japan, a third of today's 18-year-old women may not have children: Study

The Hindu  

About a third of 18-year-old women in Japan may never have children, a government institute said on Wednesday, in the latest data spelling an uphill battle to reverse a dwindling population in the world's third-largest economy. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in June promised to tackle the population crisis with "unprecedented" measures including bigger payouts for families with three or more …

China's Fertility Rate Hits Record Low as Concerns Grow Over Population Decline
1 year, 4 months ago

China's Fertility Rate Hits Record Low as Concerns Grow Over Population Decline

News 18  

China’s fertility rate is estimated to have dropped to a record low of 1.09 in 2022, the National Business Daily said on Tuesday, a figure likely to rattle authorities as they try to boost the country’s declining number of new births. The state-backed Daily said the figure from China’s Population and Development Research Center put it as having the lowest …

China needs to build marriage-friendly society
1 year, 5 months ago

China needs to build marriage-friendly society

China Daily  

A family pose for a photo at the Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing. The declining marriage and fertility rates in China have become issues of greater concern in recent times due to negative population growth, a shrinking workforce and a fast rising aging population. China's demographic trend is one of "low marriage rate, even lower fertility rates …

Thinking beyond new births for a sustainable future
1 year, 5 months ago

Thinking beyond new births for a sustainable future

China Daily  

A nurse takes care of a newborn baby at Gansu Provincial Maternity and Childcare Hospital in Lanzhou. Since China has one of the lowest fertility rates in the world, the issue has attracted global attention over the past year, which has fed into two huge news stories: China's population is declining, and India has "overtaken" China in terms of total …

Thinking beyond new births for a sustainable future
1 year, 5 months ago

Thinking beyond new births for a sustainable future

China Daily  

A nurse takes care of a newborn baby at Gansu Provincial Maternity and Childcare Hospital in Lanzhou. Since China has one of the lowest fertility rates in the world, the issue has attracted global attention over the past year, which has fed into two huge news stories: China's population is declining, and India has "overtaken" China in terms of total …

China needs to build marriage-friendly society
1 year, 5 months ago

China needs to build marriage-friendly society

China Daily  

A family pose for a photo at the Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing. The declining marriage and fertility rates in China have become issues of greater concern in recent times due to negative population growth, a shrinking workforce and a fast rising aging population. China's demographic trend is one of "low marriage rate, even lower fertility rates …

World Population Day: What will the world look like in 2050?
1 year, 5 months ago

World Population Day: What will the world look like in 2050?

Al Jazeera  

Over the past year, the world population officially hit eight billion, and India surpassed China to become the world’s most populous country. The animation below shows how the world’s population tripled from 2.5 billion people in 1950 to 8 billion in 2022. World population’s billion milestones The global population has increased eightfold since 1800, from an estimated one billion in …

Japan birth rate hits record low amid concerns over shrinking and aging population
1 year, 6 months ago

Japan birth rate hits record low amid concerns over shrinking and aging population

Associated Press  

TOKYO — Japan’s birth rate declined for a seventh consecutive year in 2022 to a record low of 1.26, the Health Ministry said Friday, adding to a sense of urgency in a country where the government is seen as too slow to take measures to address its rapidly shrinking and aging population. The average number of children a woman gives …

Japan’s birth rate drops to fresh record low
1 year, 6 months ago

Japan’s birth rate drops to fresh record low

Al Jazeera  

Japan’s birth rate declined for the seventh consecutive year in 2022 to a record low, the health ministry has said, underscoring the sense of crisis gripping the country as the population shrinks and ages rapidly. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has made arresting the country’s sliding birth rate a top priority and his government, despite high levels of debt, plans to …

Japan: Half of unmarried people under 30 do not want kids
1 year, 8 months ago

Japan: Half of unmarried people under 30 do not want kids

Firstpost  

The number of babies born in Japan in 2022 fell to a new record low for the seventh consecutive year, dropping below 800,000 for the first time since records began in 1899, government data showed late last month. Of the 400 respondents between 18 to 29 years old, 49.4 per cent said they do not want children, the highest percentage …

Japan targets 85% of male workers to take paternity leave by 2030 as population crisis deepens
1 year, 9 months ago

Japan targets 85% of male workers to take paternity leave by 2030 as population crisis deepens

Firstpost  

Tokyo: Concerned over the low birth rate in the country, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged Friday to implement measures including allowing 85 per cent of male workers who have a child to take paternity leave by fiscal 2030 to tackle the falling birthrate. The number of babies born in Japan in 2022 fell to a new record low for …

Japan’s new birth declines again, plunging to a record low
1 year, 9 months ago

Japan’s new birth declines again, plunging to a record low

Firstpost  

Tokyo: Japan recorded the biggest fall in new births last year as the number of babies dropped below 800,000 for the first time since records began in 1899, government data revealed on Tuesday. The number of deaths last year “hit a record high of 1,582,033, up 129,744.” Since 1973, when the number of new births peaked at around 2.09 million, …

Japan’s PM says country is ‘on the brink’ over ageing society and falling birth rates
1 year, 11 months ago

Japan’s PM says country is ‘on the brink’ over ageing society and falling birth rates

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Urgent steps must be taken …

It's 'now or never' to stop Japan's shrinking population: PM Fumio Kishida
1 year, 11 months ago

It's 'now or never' to stop Japan's shrinking population: PM Fumio Kishida

India Today  

Japanese Prime minister Fumio Kishida pledged on Monday to take urgent steps to tackle the country's declining birth rate, saying it was "now or never" for one of the world's oldest societies. Births plunged to a new record low last year, according to official estimates, dropping below 800,000 for the first time - a watershed moment that came eight years …

‘Now or never’: Kishida says Japan has to act on population drop
1 year, 11 months ago

‘Now or never’: Kishida says Japan has to act on population drop

Al Jazeera  

Kishida says government will take steps to tackle the slowing birth rate, which fell to a record low in 2021. Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says Japan must take urgent steps to address the country’s declining birth rate, and that it was “now or never” for the world’s oldest society. Kishida said a new government agency to tackle the issue …

China’s population falls for the first time in 60 years
1 year, 11 months ago

China’s population falls for the first time in 60 years

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy China’s population has fallen for …

India may overtake China as world’s most populous nation
1 year, 11 months ago

India may overtake China as world’s most populous nation

Live Mint  

As China's birth rate hits an all-time low in 2022, India is poised to overtake the Communist giant as the world's most populous country in the next few years. The National Bureau of Statistics announcement comes at a time when China's economic growth fell to its second-lowest in five decades, registering a paltry three per cent increase in 2022. China’s …

China's population dips 1st time since 1960s, India likely to overtake soon
1 year, 11 months ago

China's population dips 1st time since 1960s, India likely to overtake soon

Hindustan Times  

The world's most populous country, China, saw its population dwindle last year for the first time in six decades, the National Bureau of Statistics revealed on Tuesday. In 2022, China's birth rate was 6.77 births per 1,000 people, down from a rate of 7.52 births in the previous year and as a result, marked the lowest birth rate on record, …

China reports major population decline amid falling birth rates and aging society
1 year, 11 months ago

China reports major population decline amid falling birth rates and aging society

ABC  

China's population fell last year for the first time in six decades, a historic turn that is expected to mark the start of a long period of population decline with profound implications for its economy and the world. Key points: The decline is blamed on China's longstanding one-child policy which was axed in 2015 Some fear a shrinking labour force …

Eight billion people and counting: Why it's harmful to control population
2 years, 1 month ago

Eight billion people and counting: Why it's harmful to control population

Firstpost  

While eight billion people is a significant milestone for the world, its magnitude is misleading. The population growth rate peaked 50 years ago and is now less than one per cent per year The world’s population hit eight billion people on 15 November, according to the United Nation. Elon Musk has said that “population collapse due to low fertility rates …

World Population hits 8 billion, creating many challenges
2 years, 1 month ago

World Population hits 8 billion, creating many challenges

Associated Press  

LAGOS, Nigeria — The world’s population will likely hit an estimated 8 billion people on Tuesday, according to a United Nations projection, with much of the growth coming from developing nations in Africa. Nigeria is among eight countries the U.N says will account for more than half the world’s population growth between now and 2050 — along with fellow African …

How the current world population reached 8 million... and what it means for Earth
2 years, 1 month ago

How the current world population reached 8 million... and what it means for Earth

Daily Mail  

Next year, India will match and start to overtake the Chinese population figure of 1.4 billion Half of this next billion are expected to come from just eight countries, with five of them in Africa The global population reached seven billion in 2011, and is projected to reach nine billion in 15 years time This is due to increasing life …

World Population reaches 8 billion mark today; India will surpass China in 2023, says U.N.
2 years, 1 month ago

World Population reaches 8 billion mark today; India will surpass China in 2023, says U.N.

The Hindu  

A baby born somewhere on Tuesday will be the world's eighth billionth person, according to a projection by the United Nations. Watch | How the world population grew over 12,000 years The U.N. attributes the growth to human development, with people living longer thanks to improvements in public health, nutrition, personal hygiene and medicine. However, after a peak in the …

Learning to live together, all eight billion of us
2 years, 1 month ago

Learning to live together, all eight billion of us

The Hindu  

The United Nations estimates that the world population will reach 8 billion on November 15, 2022. Our minds had barely wrapped around a global population of 7 billion in 2011, and now, only 12 years later, we are looking at a population of 8 billion. To put this in historical perspective, it took from the dawn of humankind to about …

World population hits eight billion
2 years, 1 month ago

World population hits eight billion

Al Jazeera  

The world’s population has reached eight billion people, the United Nations has said, warning of more hardship in store for regions already facing resource scarcity because of climate change. Reaching eight billion people is “a sign of human success, but it’s also a great risk for our future,” said John Wilmoth, the director of the UN’s population division on Tuesday. …

World population hits 8 billion, U.N. says, creating many challenges
2 years, 1 month ago

World population hits 8 billion, U.N. says, creating many challenges

LA Times  

The world’s population is projected to hit an estimated 8 billion people Tuesday, according to a United Nations projection, with much of the growth coming from developing nations in Africa. Nigeria is among eight countries that the U.N says will account for more than half the world’s population growth between now and 2050 — along with fellow African nations Congo, …

The world has reached 8 billion people — but soon we'll hit a decline we'll never reverse
2 years, 1 month ago

The world has reached 8 billion people — but soon we'll hit a decline we'll never reverse

ABC  

This week, the world's population ticks over a historic milestone. "The major reason that we forecast a different global population in the last third of the century comes from how we are modelling fertility," senior research manager Amanda Smith says. "Our model suggests that we expect fertility to continue to decline through the end of the century in many countries, …

From the first human to eight billion and counting: How Earth's population has exploded
2 years, 1 month ago

From the first human to eight billion and counting: How Earth's population has exploded

Firstpost  

A milestone of eight billion global population is expected to be reached in mid-November. Since the first humans appeared in Africa over two million years ago, the world’s population has exploded, with only brief pauses to the growing number of people sharing planet Earth Paris: Since the emergence of the first humans in Africa over two million years ago the …

Welcoming earth’s 8-billionth living person
2 years, 1 month ago

Welcoming earth’s 8-billionth living person

The Hindu  

Around mid-November, the world will have its 8 billionth living human being, according to an estimate from the United Nations. The replacement fertility rate, which is 2.1 births per woman, is the minimum required to simply maintain the human population. Yet, amid sharply falling fertility levels and the clear risk of a shrinking human population, the consensus view today is …

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