Something unusual is happening across large swaths of the world. Maternity wards are quieter than they’ve ever been. Villages ...

Data: U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 population estimates; Chart: Russell Contreras/Axios America has a missing-middle problem — and this one is demographic. Why it matters: The shrinking 45-64 ...

There is a growing consensus that environmental problems, particularly the effects of climate change, pose a grave challenge to humanity. Pollution, habitat destruction, intractable waste issues and, ...

Researchers are projecting the world’s population to peak in 2080, with more than 10.13 billion people on Earth, before the population begins to drop. New human population projections were released ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Texas, and Arizona saw the fastest population ...

Population ecology is the study of how populations — of plants, animals, and other organisms — change over time and space and interact with their environment. Populations are groups of organisms of ...

Switzerland votes on a population cap that could tighten immigration and put its EU free-movement agreement under pressure.

The Swiss will soon go to the polls for a novel initiative that could upend the nation’s economy and rupture ties with the European Union.