How would you go about answering the question “How many people have ever lived on this planet?” If you type that into Google or an artificial intelligence chatbot, you’ll get an answer pretty ...

The U.S. population may shrink in 2025 for the first time ever as immigration and birth rates decline. The immigrant population fell by over a million between January and June 2025, Census data shows.

Sub-replacement fertility rates are altering demographic landscapes and could threaten economic growth in the coming decades.

Scientists have estimated that the world population will see a drastic drop after the year 2080. Until then, the number of people will continue to rise and will reach around 10.8 billion. According to ...

United Nations member states meeting on September 30, 2025, on the plight of Rohingya Muslims should commit to urgent action to protect them from persecution and violence.

China on Monday announced that it has built the world's "largest, most comprehensive" water infrastructure system, with total investment in water conservancy projects during the 2021-25 period ...

Singapore's population grew 1.2% in June compared to a year ago, hitting a new high of 6.11 million, government statistics released on Monday showed.

Research featuring Carr Center's Erica Chenoweth. Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to ...