Right now, human population growth is doing something long thought impossible—it's wavering. It's now possible global population could peak much earlier than expected, topping 10 billion in the 2060s.

The economic impact of changes in population growth rates and age structure can dramatically shift as countries transition from high to low rates of mortality and fertility. Initially, mortality ...

Immigration crackdowns may be slowing U.S. population growth and reshaping the economy, says Luke Pardue, policy director at the Aspen Institute Economic Strategy Group. The Trump administration's ...

Researchers formulated a mathematical equation that unifies 12,000 years of human population growth and points to an alarming worst-case scenario. Reading time 3 minutes As the global population rises ...

The United States Census Bureau has released a list of cities with the highest population growth. The agency tracked population growth from July 2023 to July 2024, and found that cities across the ...

In 2025, population growth rates fell in 48 states as international migration declined nationwide. The number of states with populations that grew more slowly than their long-term trends tripled to 30 ...

Editor’s Note: The authors of this Leader Board will present Chapman University’s semiannual economic forecast, which has ranked No. 1 for economic forecasting. The event is scheduled to start at 3 ...