From lonely deaths among the elderly to shrinking armies, falling birthrates are reshaping societies beyond the economic sphere.

Switzerland is to hold a landmark vote on a right-wing party’s proposal to restrict the nation’s population to 10 million, amid divisions over immigration. The proposal, put forward by the country’s ...

As China's birthrate hit a record low, CNBC's China Correspondent Elaine Yu reports on the factors weighing on the shrinking population and the economic implications of the demographic crisis. Got a ...

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A new University of Oxford study finds that almost half of the global population (3.79 billion) will be living with extreme heat by 2050 if the world reaches 2.0°C of global warming above ...

America is still growing. But not by much. According to U.S. census estimates released on Jan. 27, population growth has slowed "significantly," with just 1.8 million more people between July 1, 2024, ...

Washington state’s population appears to have increased by 73,000, clearing 8 million people for the first time in 2025, even as population growth slowed in the Pacific Northwest. Meanwhile, Oregon ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Colorado’s population rose by 24,059 people last year, the weakest increase measured since 1990, according to an update Tuesday from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Illinois’ population stayed fairly flat into 2025, following a national trend of low growth due to a historic decrease in net international immigration, according to new figures released on Tuesday by ...

Michigan’s population grew by about 28,000 people from July 2024 to July 2025, according to census bureau estimates released this week. That growth hinged mostly on international immigration, though ...

Also, some good news for a Broadway musical. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday. By Matthew Cullen New census data showed that the U.S. population grew to roughly 342 million by midway through ...