For decades, we’ve been told that the world’s biggest problem is too many people. From Malthus in the 18th century to “The ...

Kotschy and Bloom’s findings are consistent with those of the authors of the 2016 study “The Effect of Population Aging on Economic Growth, the Labor Force and Productivity.”Nicole Maestas ...

UNFPA representative Mariam Khan urges governments to shift focus from growth to people's real-life choices, support systems ...

The two counties with the highest share of Hispanic and Latino residents in 2024 were Saluda County in the Midlands, an hour ...

Thomas Malthus was an 18th-century economist best known for his theories about population growth. Learn more about overpopulation and the Malthusian growth model.

Population numbers change over time, influenced by births, deaths and migration into or out of the area. Global population levels, having grown slowly for most of human history, are now rising.

Earlier this fall, the Met Council’s demographic office released its latest population growth projections, which take regional trends and population growth out to the year 2050 in as specific a ...

Between 2000 and 2022, the Latino population in Philadelphia grew from 130,000 people to 252,000, according to Pew Charitable Trusts. About 40% of that growth was led by individuals migrating from ...

The U.S. Census Bureau reported that California’s population started growing again last year after three years of unprecedented decline. But don’t let the modest, 0.6% rebound fool you ...

Statistics Canada says the country's population growth stalled in the first quarter of 2025. The agency says the Canadian population rose by 20,107 people from Jan. 1 to April 1, the smallest ...