Population

Stressful lifestyle deter many Chinese from starting a family. Photo: DW
Thoughts

Can China's young generation reverse population decline?

China's government is offering benefits for young people to start families. However, many women say the country's demographic crisis won't push them to have children

Often brutally implemented through forced abortions and sterilization, the one-child policy had widespread ramifications for Chinese society. Photo: Dw
Thoughts

China's falling birthrate: What Beijing needs to do now

Sure, India is crowded. But that’s great for its economy.Photographer: Manjunath Kiran/AFP via Getty Images
Bloomberg Special

India's surging population is an economic virtue

FILE PHOTO: People walk through a crowded market in Mumbai, India, December 22, 2022. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
South Asia

India set to overtake China as world's most populous nation

Elderly people shop ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year at an outdoor market in Beijing, China January 13, 2023. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
China

China's first population drop in six decades sounds alarm on demographic crisis

Largest cities by population
By The Numbers

Largest cities by population

A customer has his coronavirus disease (Covid-19) health pass, known as a Green Pass, checked at a restaurant the day the government restricts access of unvaccinated, in Rome, Italy December 6, 2021. Photo: Reuters
Europe

Italy ageing faster than EU peers, population drops below 59 million

Territories with the smallest populations 2021
By The Numbers

Territories with the smallest populations 2021

World population hits 8 billion: Not enough young, skilled people in an overpopulated world
Panorama

World population hits 8 billion: Not enough young, skilled people in an overpopulated world

A woman holds a baby outside a supermarket in Qinzhou, Guangxi province, China, April 12, 2021. Picture taken April 12, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
China

As world population hits 8 billion, China frets over too few babies

Bangladesh's population to be 8 crore by end of this century!
Videos

Bangladesh's population to be 8 crore by end of this century!

Govt will collect population-related info through NPR: Mannan
Bangladesh

Govt will collect population-related info through NPR: Mannan

Demographic dividend: The clock is ticking
Panorama

Demographic dividend: The clock is ticking