Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan is pushing for more pedestrians. AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko In the face of shrinking populations, many of the world’s major ...

The population of some of the largest U.S. metro areas is falling amid a decline in immigration, according to new estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. The data found that most U.S.

Birth rates have dropped faster than life expectancy has increased, causing slower population growth around the world. Forecasts from the United Nations predict that world population will actually ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. For the third consecutive year, California’s population has increased, though the Golden State has still not ...

CLEVELAND — The Cleveland metropolitan area grew by about 2,500 people last year, reaching roughly 2.16 million residents, according to new Census data. But the story behind that growth is more ...

The departure of Michigan’s first chief growth officer two years brings a coda to a very loud discussion of the state’s declining population, and brings a message that marketing, for all its powers, ...

Julia Ingram is a data journalist for CBS News Confirmed. She uses data analysis and computation to cover misinformation, AI and social media. The United States population experienced its slowest ...

Texas’ population grew more than most other states in 2025 as growth has generally slowed across the United States. A report ...

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.

The United States population grew by 3.3 million people this year, the highest increase in more than two decades that was primarily driven by immigration, according to data released this week by the U ...

Australia’s regions accounted for 35% of the population. As of 2024-25, the latest available data from the ABS shows that the regions’ share of Australia’s population has declined to 32%. The Centre ...

Readers discuss a guest essay that argued that we should be. To the Editor: Re “Progressives Should Care About Population Decline, Too,” by Victor Kumar (Opinion guest essay, Aug. 6): Dr. Kumar argues ...