Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan is pushing for more pedestrians. AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko In the face of shrinking populations, many of the world’s major ...

The population of Seattle has continued to grow, but it isn’t growing nearly as quickly as it did during previous years, according to numbers released by the United States Census Bureau this week.

ST. LOUIS — A growing number of civic and business groups are highlighting the St. Louis metropolitan area’s stagnant population as an urgent problem, and they’re pushing the region’s planning ...

Birth rates have dropped faster than life expectancy has increased, causing slower population growth around the world. Forecasts from the United Nations predict that world population will actually ...

Japan is decades ahead of the rest of the world with an aging and shrinking population. There are some who claim we don’t know what will happen with future populations. However, the next 20 years are ...

Dr. Kumar is a philosophy professor at Boston University who writes frequently about morality and progress. JD Vance has repeatedly said that Americans aren’t having enough children. Other right-wing ...

The departure of Michigan’s first chief growth officer two years brings a coda to a very loud discussion of the state’s declining population, and brings a message that marketing, for all its powers, ...

The global population landscape is set to experience a significant shift, as some countries grapple with dramatic declines while others anticipate major growth. New analysis from the World Population ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. For the third consecutive year, California’s population has increased, though the Golden State has still not ...

The Bay Area is growing again. Every county in the region saw an increase in population last year, a resounding reversal after a drop in population at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic that ...