We need some more humans. Or else.

I grew up in a world where it was customary to express the darkest misgiving about our future. There were just too many people, and, worse, they were growing too fast. It had taken the world 18 ...

A decades-old population model is being misread as a doomsday warning, even though it was meant as a caution, not a forecast.

UN projections reveal dramatic demographic shifts over the next 35 years, with sub-Saharan Africa surging and traditional powers like China, Japan, and Russia declining in global standing. From Uganda ...

Young people are a vital driving force in all societies, contributing energy, innovation and creativity to national development and to the achievement of the Goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda for ...

Government-shaking protests in Bangladesh, Iran, Nepal and Sri Lanka – to name a few – have all in recent years been linked to what demographers call a “youth bulge.” Meanwhile, the economic slowdown ...