Family size around the world is dropping. That choice by couples is triggering a population shift that's sending shock waves ...

Across the globe, there is a shift in the size of families as birthrates decline. Communities, schools, and workforces are ...

I am a reporter on the breaking news team based in New York City. The U.S. Census Bureau projects the world population will be 8,019,876,189 on January 1—an almost 1% increase of 75,162,541 people ...

The world’s population has reached 806.19 crores, which is around 8.2 billion according to Worldometer data, and it is growing continuously. This rapid increase is especially visible in cities around ...

The story so far: The 2022 edition of the World Population Prospects (WPP) of the United Nations has projected that India may surpass China as the world’s most populous country next year. The report ...

In 1994, widespread concern over population growth brought world leaders together at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), held in Cairo, Egypt, in 1994. Today, however, ...

Thank you so much for joining our expert Q&A today to celebrate the world population nearing 8 billion! And, of course, a huge thank you to our experts, ANU demographer Dr Liz Allen and ABC data ...

Bryan Walsh is a senior editorial director at Vox overseeing the climate teams and the Unexplainable and The Gray Area podcasts. He is also the editor of Vox’s Future Perfect section and writes the ...

As the world population reaches seven billion people, the BBC's Mike Gallagher asks whether efforts to control population have been, as some critics claim, a form of authoritarian control over the ...