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Population Demographics News

South Korea faces alarming 85% population decline by 2125, study warns

Korea Herald - 02-Jul-2025

Shrinking birth rates and economic pressures could leave Korea with just 7.5M people in 100 years

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China faces third consecutive year of population decline

Independent - 17-Jan-2025

Efforts to reverse low birth rates struggle against economic, cultural, and structural challenges

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U.S. population will grow slowly, with more people dying than being born by 2033

The Hill - 14-Jan-2025

The 2054 population estimate has decreased from 383 million to 372 million

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The end of growth: A global demographic shift

Our World in Data - 13-Jan-2025

Declining birth rates mark the era of 'peak child' and population change

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UK faces first natural population decline in nearly 50 years

The Guardian - 08-Oct-2024

Ageing population and low birth rates pose new challenges for the UK

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Hungary exempts women with four or more children from income tax

The Guardian - 10-Feb-2019

Additional benefits include mortgage help and childcare support

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China child restrictions leading to fall in population

Futurism - 18-Jan-2019

More countries are having to plan for increasingly aged populations

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