カテゴリー: Population
India is about to overtake China as the most populous country, but as birthrates fall we’re facing life in a greyer world. Are we ready for the physical, political and financial challenges ahead?In Japan even criminals are getting old. In the country’s…
Negative population growth that arrived a decade before forecasts has been exacerbated by Covid and restrictive government policiesTalk to any young woman in urban China about the prospects of having children and the chances are, they are not keen.“It …
Government boosts incentives to lure people to ‘unfashionable’ regional areas hit by ageing, shrinking populationsJapan’s government is offering ¥1m ($7,500) per child to families who move out of greater Tokyo, in an attempt to reverse population decli…
As birth and fertility rates fall, there is official concern about the economic impact of a declining and ageing populationIt is not hard to spot the grey hairs among the late-morning shoppers on Jizo-dori. Their owners have come to buy discount underw…
In Siena, Luisa worries about social media. In Delhi, Nikita is trying to proof her house against air pollution. Here, couples who have welcomed a new child in recent months share their dreams and fears for them on an ever more crowded planetTuesday 15…
By 2050, analysts predict one in four people in China will be retired and the working population will have shrunk by 10%, with huge economic implicationsMing Ming, a boisterous six-year-old, longs to have a playmate, but his mother is adamant that she …
The number of people in the world has tripled in 70 years. In this visual explainer, we examine where the growth has been – and how it will change in the futureThe world’s population is projected to reach 8 billion people on 15 November – more than thr…
India’s entrenched north-south divide is growing as its population changes, with serious social and political consequencesThe cry of a baby born in India one day next year will herald a watershed moment for the country, when the scales tip and India ov…
UNFPA head urges countries to focus on helping women, children and marginalised people most vulnerable to demographic changeThe world must not engage in “population alarmism” as the number of people living on Earth nears 8 billion, a senior UN official…
Rise in people aged 18-24 who don’t intend to marry has consequences for Japan’s low birth rate and depopulation concernsA record proportion of men and women in Japan say they do not intend to marry, a trend experts have warned will undermine efforts t…
Measures include improved maternal healthcare and efforts to reduce abortions as China seeks to reverse declining population growthThe Chinese government has pledged to improve pre- and post-natal services to encourage more people to have children and …
Hindu nationalist fears of demographic erasure by Muslims have been stoked by supremacists for years. But new official data reveals a very different storyYati Narsinghanand had a stark warning for India’s one billion Hindus: produce more children or pr…
Tesla boss responds to data showing population fell by record 644,000 last year – the 11th straight year of declineElon Musk has warned that Japan will “cease to exist” unless it addresses its falling birthrate, sparking calls for the country to allow …
Chinese women in particular prioritising education and careers, a trend alarming authorities facing ‘demographic timebomb’Early in January, China’s state news agency Xinhua posted a video reminding young Chinese men born in the year 2000 that they were…
Beijing has announced major reforms to address the decline, including raising the retirement age and implementing a three-child policyChina’s population growth rate has fallen to its lowest level in six decades, barely outnumbering deaths in 2021 despi…