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China's birth rate hits record low as population continues to shrink Beijing has been trying hard to encourage more young people to marry and have children.

China's birth rate hits record low as population continues to shrink | BBC
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China's population falls again as births drop to lowest rate since 1949 communist revolution China's population continues to shrink. Government statistics released on Monday revealed the population fell for the fourth straight year to 1.4 billion.

China’s population falls again as births drop to lowest rate since 1949 communist revolution | AP
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China’s Birthrate Sinks to Record Low The number of births fell to the lowest level in decades, while the country’s population shrank for a fourth consecutive year.

China’s Birthrate Sinks to Record Low
Population shrinks for fourth consecutive year | Wall Street Journal
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China’s Birthrate Plunges to Lowest Level Since 1949

China’s Birthrate Plunges to Lowest Level Since 1949 | New York Times
Lots of coverage in the press about low fertility and population decline in China
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/b... #lowfertility

Animated Map Shows How the Five Major Religions Spread Across the World (3000 BC — 2000 AD) Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam.... Claims to ancient origin and ultimate authority notwithstanding, the world’s five major religions are all of recent vintage compared to the couple ...

Animated Map Shows How the Five Major Religions Spread Across the World (3000 BC — 2000 AD) www.openculture.com/2025/08/anim...

Global gridded population datasets systematically underrepresent rural population - Nature Communications This research reveals that widely used global population data heavily underestimate rural population. If not carefully considered, these errors in the data can cause inequitable access to resources an...

Global gridded population datasets systematically underrepresent rural population
Josias Láng-Ritter, Marko Keskinen & Henrikki Tenkanen | Nature Communications www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Earth Could Have Billions More People Than We Ever Realized Is our little blue marble of a planet actually a lot more crowded than we thought? A new study suggests we've been significantly undercounting populations in rural areas, because of the grid-based met...

Earth Could Have Billions More People Than We Ever Realized | ScienceAlert www.sciencealert.com/earth-could-...

Have we vastly underestimated the total number of people on Earth? A new way of estimating rural populations has found that we may be undercounting people who live in these areas, potentially inflating the global population beyond the official count of 8.2 billion – ...

A new way of estimating rural populations has found that we may be undercounting people who live in these areas, potentially inflating the global population beyond the official count of 8.2 billion – but not everyone agrees | New Scientist www.newscientist.com/article/2472...

“Significant proportion” of world’s rural population missing from global estimates, says study Governments, international bodies and researchers rely on global population data for resource allocation and infrastructure planning to disease epidemiology and disaster risk management. In a new stud...

“Significant proportion” of world’s rural population missing from global estimates, says study | EurekAlert www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Which States Do Educated Individuals Migrate To? Florida (90,767), Texas (48,547), & Georgia (28,368) rank highest in net domestic migration of persons 25+ with a college degree, while New York (-71,975), California (-56,266), & Illinois (-40,108) take up the rear. www.azeconomy.org/2024/02/econ...

Boston's a hub for college educated transplants despite out-migration White-collar workers tend to go where they think the jobs are.

Despite out-migration, Boston's a hub for educated transplants | Axios www.axios.com/local/boston...

College-educated Americans are still flocking to Seattle, census data shows The Seattle metro is among the top 12 where college-educated Americans are moving when they leave their home county.

College-educated Americans are still flocking to Seattle | Axios www.axios.com/local/seattl...

Japan's deepening population crisis breaks 125-year record Two people died for every one born in the super-aged society last year.

Japan's Deepening Population Crisis Breaks 125-Year Record | Newsweek www.newsweek.com/japan-2024-b...

Japan’s birth rate falls to lowest in 125 years. Will the country soon go extinct? The number of newborns in Japan in 2024 dropped to 7,20,988, a five per cent from the previous year. This is the ninth consecutive year that this figure has fallen and the lowest since 1899, sparking ...

Japan’s birth rate falls to lowest in 125 years. Will the country soon go extinct? | Firstpost www.firstpost.com/explainers/j...

AI robots may hold key to nursing Japan's ageing population Recently in Tokyo an AI-driven robot leaned over a man lying on his back and gently put a hand on his knee and another on a shoulder and rolled him onto his side -- a manoeuvre used to change diapers or prevent bedsores in the elderly.

AI robots may hold key to nursing Japan's ageing population | Reuters www.reuters.com/technology/a...

Japan's Reuters charts, maps and graphics

Japan's "year 2025 problem" | Reuters www.reuters.com/graphics/ASI...

Births in Japan in 2024 fall to record low of 721,000 The number of children born in Japan in 2024 fell from a year earlier to 720,988, marking the ninth consecutive year of record lows, health ministry data showed Thursday. The figure including foreigne...

Births in Japan in 2024 fall to record low of 721,000 | Japan Today japantoday.com/category/nat...

46.1 million people counted in Iraq’s first census in nearly 40 years Iraqi officials have called the population count a milestone and said it will provide essential data for future planning and resource distribution.

46.1 million people counted in Iraq’s first census in nearly 40 years | NBC News www.nbcnews.com/news/world/4...

Amid low birth rates, war and emigration, Ukraine’s numbers are dwindling In addition to the struggle against Russia, Ukraine faces a more existential battle, its birth rate is plunging and people are leaving the embattled nation in droves.

Amid low birth rates, war and emigration, Ukraine’s numbers are dwindling | Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Infographic: The Countries Losing Population Fastest This chart shows the countries with the biggest decrease in population between 2022 and 2023.

The Countries Losing Population Fastest | Statista www.statista.com/chart/33997/...

Global Population Growth Is Rapidly Declining - Here’s Why It's the babies' fault!

"Nearly a fifth of all countries now have “ultra-low fertility”, meaning there are fewer than 1.4 live births per woman." | IFL Science www.iflscience.com/global-popul...

Charted: When the World’s Largest Countries Will Hit Peak Population China’s population already peaked in 2021. For the other most populous countries, which will hit its population peak next?

Charted: When the World’s Largest Countries Will Hit Peak Population | Visual Capitalist www.visualcapitalist.com/peak-populat...

Video. How will the EU population fluctuate with and without migration? Video. Despite anti-immigration politicians recently gaining support, France, Germany and Italy would face big population problems in a zero-immigration scenario.

How will the EU population fluctuate with and without migration? [Video] | Euronews www.euronews.com/video/2025/0...

5 hot takes on reinventing old age as a concept We have reflected long and hard on many subjects, but no one really paid attention to population aging until about the 1930s.

5 hot takes on reinventing old age as a concept | Fast Company www.fastcompany.com/91264650/5-h...

California's aging population will test whether its demography is destiny | Opinion By 2040, about one in five Californians will be 65 or older as working age population stays the same. Are we as a state ready for that?

California’s aging population will test whether its demography is destiny | CalMatters calmatters.org/commentary/2...

Aging population leads to a shortage of workers in New England - Marketplace In New England, pandemic-era early retirements and an aging population have left businesses struggling to find workers.

In New England, an aging population is leading to a shortage of workers | Marketplace www.marketplace.org/2025/02/11/i...

The Boomer housing crisis is pacing to get even worse Developers are not responding to heightened demand when it comes to senior housing. Many retirees are set to face wait lists to get into assisted living or other retirement communities.

The boomer housing crisis is pacing to get even worse: ‘We’ve never had a population pyramid that looks like this’ | Fortune fortune.com/2025/02/12/b...

U.S. headed toward demographic cliff as population ages The U.S. is heading toward a demographic cliff. Over the next decade, there will be fewer 18-year-olds available to fill the nation's universities. An analysis of census data projects by 2039, the poo...

U.S. headed toward demographic cliff as population ages | CBS News www.cbsnews.com/video/us-hea...

Charted: The Countries that Speak the Most Languages What are the most linguistically diverse countries in the world? We look at the top 10 by number of living languages spoken.

Charted: The Countries that Speak the Most Languages | Visual Capitalist www.visualcapitalist.com/countries-sp...