The UN’s 2024 projections ascribe an 80 per cent probability to global population peaking this century, from a 30 per cent estimate a decade ago. The revision reflects broad-based errors in its ...

The FAO says that with rapid population growth and changing diets, agricultural production will need to grow by 70% before 2050. The latest United Nations predictions on future world population ...

Welcome to the world of population projections. Estimates from highly respected demographers suggest that the United States of the future might be less populous than that of the past. Those ...

Millions of people from the poor world are trying to cross seas, forests, valleys and rivers, in search of safety, work and ...

People are getting educated, and that changes perceptions about childbirth’ © Brian Otieno/FT As the decline in fertility rates across most continents has gathered pace — to a point where many ...

Experts warn the global population will start falling within 60 years, dramatically impacting the future of work and social security. In the US, Vice President-Elect JD Vance has repeatedly ...

As much of the world obsesses over artificial intelligence and US President Donald Trump’s latest disruption, another historic megatrend is creeping up on us. Next year, if UN predictions are to be ...