The world’s population is now 8 billion. Is that too many people — or too few? Human population is complicated, and there may be 8 billion ways to be wrong about it.
Newsletter What will China's population drop mean for the world? BBC Future answers five key questions about China's recent population decline and what it might mean for global demographic trends.
Politics Spencer Bokat-Lindell: U.S. population growth has nearly flatlined. Is that so bad? Countries around the world are confronting the costs — and potential benefits — of an aging population.
Impacts To breed or not to breed? In a world of pandemic chaos, political strife and climate catastrophe, some would-be parents see the future as too dark to procreate.
Solutions To breed or not to breed? In a world of pandemic chaos, political strife and climate catastrophe, some would-be parents see the future as too dark to procreate.
Politics www.nytimes.com China says it will allow couples to have 3 children, up from 2 The move is the Communist Party’s latest attempt to reverse declining birthrates and avert a population crisis, but experts say it is woefully inadequate.
Solutions www.nytimes.com Tom Whyman: How can I justify bringing new life into this terrible world? In a time of COVID-19, climate change and catastrophe, having a baby is an act of radical hope.
