Overpopulation News Archive

South Korea has the world's fewest babies per woman, and the number keeps dropping

The Guardian - 28-Feb-2024

This is despite spending billions to encourage families to have more children

China's got a problem: there are more deaths than babies being born

The Conversation (UK) - 18-Jan-2024

Experts say China's population could shrink by half to 525 million by 2100

Nestlé's Irish baby milk plant falls victim to China's declining birth rate

Independent - 19-Oct-2023

The trend of a shrinking population is beginning to have drastic consequences

European Union's population may have already peaked - dropped by half a million people between 2020 and 2022

Eurostat - 12-May-2023

Eurostat report explores the impact of ageing, migration, and birth rates on the EU's population landscape

Falling birthrates alone will not solve the planet’s environmental problems, study states

The Guardian - 27-Mar-2023

Social and economic factors have a proven impact on birthrate

Shrinking population, with greater proportion being elderly, could rock China's economy

Telegraph - 03-Mar-2023

China’s population could peak at 1.4bn in 2025 then almost drop by half by the end of the century

Fertility rate decline becomes a brewing crisis in South Korea

BBC - 25-Aug-2022

Billions of dollars spent as incentive is not convincing people to have children

China's population may have peaked last year as birthrate falls

The Guardian - 17-Jan-2022

Government policies have not reversed long-term decline in population growth

Baby shortage in the country may lead to long-term economic stagnation

Guardian - 20-Sep-2021

Worldwide 28% of countries adopt pronatalist policies to drive up the birthrate

UK recorded more deaths than births for first time in 40 years

BBC - 25-Jun-2021

Covid may not be the only reason; fewer births and older population also fuel death rates

Ghost towns getting recolonized by flourishing wildlife

Guardian - 24-Jan-2021

Falling birth rate is a global concern; nature reserves reclaimed abandoned towns

South Korea's falling birth rate is worrisome

BBC - 04-Jan-2021

A declining population is detrimental to the country's economy

Researchers estimate world population could crash by 2100

BBC - 14-Jul-2020

Decline in fertility rate may shrink the global population drastically

Falling birth rates - a matter of concern in Russia

BBC - 20-Jan-2020

Can money correct the falling birth rates?

Crude birth rate of England and Wales hits a new low

BBC - 01-Aug-2019

Total fertility rate is lower than many other years except 1977 and 1999 to 2002

China child restrictions leading to fall in population

Futurism - 18-Jan-2019

More countries are having to plan for increasingly aged populations

Photosynthesis fix boosts crop growth by 40%

Independent - 04-Jan-2019

More efficient photorespiration pathway could result in greater crop production

Japan annual birth rate nearly half a million below death rate

Guardian - 27-Dec-2018

A stark example of how birth rate falls below in replacement level in advanced economies

Declining birth rate as a cause for celebration

Guardian - 26-Dec-2018

AI, migration, a healthier old age show that countries don't need boomed populations for defending

Worldwide decline in fertility rates

BBC - 09-Nov-2018

Half of countries now have a fertility rate below the 2.1 level required to maintain their population

Inventor plans to build a city under the sea

BBC - 20-Sep-2018

This expert engineer aims to fulfill his vision of the future through his inventions