The Trump administration's broadsides against scientific research have caused unprecedented upheaval at the National Cancer ...

The world's population, currently standing at 7.6 billion, is expected to see a sharp rise in the coming decades, according to the latest United Nations report released in 2025. The report outlines ...

World Population Day 2025 highlights a global population exceeding 8.2 billion, with India leading at 1.46 billion, surpassing China. The United States stands third with 347 million, driven by ...

Today, genomics is saving countless lives and even entire species, thanks in large part to a commitment to collaborative and ...

It’s time for everyone to engage in the depopulation debate, says Dean Spears, a co-author of After the Spike.

Far more families are choosing to have fewer — or no — children. Many countries, including the U.S., now face a rapidly aging ...

The world's population is expected to peak at 10.3 billion in 2084 and then decline to 10.2 billion through the end of the ...

The population of the United States has grown almost 123 times since the first federal census was conducted after the Declaration of Independence.

In their new book After the Spike, demographers Dean Spears and Michael Geruso make the counterintuitive case for worrying ...

Over five decades later, the global conversation has reversed. Instead of overpopulation, today's greatest demographic concern is decline. According to the United Nations, the world population is now ...

While Florida has the highest share of renters ages 65 and older, the fastest growth in senior rentership occurred in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

In reality, the worldwide population decline is set to begin decades ahead of their expectations. Because global fertility trends are much worse than they, and probably you, think.