Human overpopulation

Greece outlined measures to boost its lagging birthrate on Thursday, from vouchers and childcare benefits to tax breaks for new parents, although experts questioned the plan's effectiveness.

Türkiye ranked 18th among 194 countries in terms of population size, constituting 1.1 percent of the world's total population last year, Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) said on July 9.

The serious decline in birth rates in Turkey is an "existential threat" and a "disaster" for the country, its president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has said.

Last week, Turkey's State Statistical Institute announced that the country's birth rate had decreased for the eighth consecutive year in 2023, dropping to 1.51 children per woman.

A declining trend has been observed in the average household size in Türkiye, while the number of individuals living alone is increasing, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) data released on May 15.

On current trends the world population will reach a high of 8.8 billion before the middle of the century, then decline rapidly

China has had the most people in the world since at least 1950, the year United Nations population data began

Immigration is a topic that is sure to animate any political discussion and campaign. Unmanaged it risks elevating the extreme right to positions of power. And yet the flip side of all this is an enormous opportunity to boost Western liberal democracy and infuse it with the dynamism it now lacks.

Bulgaria has been identified as the 11th fastest shrinking nation globally and the 25th highest aging nation, according to a recent CIA report cited by Nova TV. The United Nations has corroborated these findings, highlighting the overall fertility rate as a key indicator. Europe's rate stands at 1.5, falling short of the 2.1-point threshold necessary to maintain population stability.

As we usher in the new year, the global population is on the verge of reaching a significant milestone, surging past eight billion individuals, with an increase of 75 million people this year alone, reports the Associated Press.