Japan's population has been shrinking for 15 years, with huge implications for the country's economy, national defense, and culture. Now, policymakers are working to boost birth rates.

Japan’s estimated child population has shrunk for the 44th straight year to a record low, government data showed Sunday, as the country grapples with a demographic crisis underscored by falling birth ...

Chicago posted the seventh biggest population gain of any city in the country last year, leading a wave of growth that also ...

Japan has been struggling to cope with a combination of anaemic economic growth and a shrinking population for over 30 years. 2025 marks the tipping point when the rising costs outstrip the country's ...

Lathrop is one of the fastest growing cities in California. A new United States Census Bureau report shows the population has nearly doubled in the past few years. The city is described by many as ...

But the nation's population has been in decline for 15 years. Last year, more than two people died for every baby born — a net loss of almost a million people. And now, the island nation is on ...

The UN’s demographers now expect the number of people on the planet to peak at a bit under 10.3 billion in 2084.That’s two years earlier than the UN was predicting peak population as recently ...

China, until recently the world’s most populous country, saw its population fall for a third consecutive year in 2024 with the number of deaths outpacing new births. India has now overtaken ...