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Population Trends
Nearly 30 would be "nones" — an amorphous group that spans from zealous atheists to the vaguely spiritual.
In "After the Spike," Dean Spears and Michael Geruso show why policy, rather than high population density, has the most significant impact on the environment.
If happiness is an absolute good, would 1 billion slightly happy people be better than 1 million incredibly happy people?
We need to fully acknowledge problems, while vigorously pursuing solutions. Call it “solutionism.”
Is there a force keeping humanity in check?
Smaller family networks, more great-grandparents, and fewer cousins.
Many countries' histories are governed by the familiar demographic story of growth, industrialization, and decline. But not France.
Changes in the world population are determined by two metrics: the number of babies born, and number of people dying.
Worldwide, 15% of children are born out of wedlock, but the figure varies from less than 1% in places like China to 69% in Iceland.
Population growth is driven by three changes: Fertility, mortality, and migration.
There is one House member for every 761,169 people, which isn't exactly representative.
Humanity is poised to pass the 8 billion milestone mid-November, but population growth is actually slowing down.
Explore the key highlights from the UN’s latest release of its world population estimates.
In 100 years, perhaps this map showing humanity clustering around the equator will seem “so 21st century.”
France is split in two by its very own "desert," the Empty Diagonal. The area’s depopulation is fairly recent, and Paris is to blame.
Society incorrectly blamed a "population bomb” for problems that had other causes. A wrong diagnosis produces ineffective solutions.