By 2100 global population will have peaked and started to decline. This is a major historical turning point. Also, it is not ...

Japan’s policies, in any case, have taken decades to just achieve partial success. The implications of a sustained decline in world population, if that eventuates, are likely to be profound. Planning ...

editorchoice-b|Japan “leads” the world when it comes to the graying of society and decline in population. This series considers future scenarios related to Japan’s population decrease and ...

Some people believe that an abruptly declining world population is undesirable. I understand the potential economic and social problems that a significant decline in the birthrate will cause; ...

With fewer people to pay into Social Security to support the growing number of retirees and fewer workers in critical industries, including healthcare and agriculture, a declining population would ...

Taken together, China's slowing economy would have severe knock-on effects for the rest of the world. The trouble with closed borders China's population decline also serves as an omen for ...

The trend reflects shifting societal attitudes and complicates Beijing’s efforts to boost birth rates amid an aging population, according to the Financial Times. The decline in marriage ...