population
Canada's Indigenous population rises 40 percent in a decade
Indigenous population grows four times faster than general population and is expected to surpass 2.5 million by 2036
Canada is not incentivizing its citizens to have kids
“There is no direct government incentive to increase the fertility rate in Canada.”
Stop Telling People Not to Have Kids to Save the Planet
I'm terrified of climate change, but I became a parent anyway.
The News of Zealand: Monday 26 June
Six million Kiwis by 2100, the Todd Barclay scandal overshadows the National Party conference and LGBT activists detained in Turkey.
What It's Like to Live in the Town with the Fewest Young Women in the UK
We went to Rutland in the East Midlands to document women living in an area where they are more of a minority than anywhere else in the country.
Spain Appointed a Sex Commissioner to Get People Making Babies Again
The new government position is aimed at curbing the country's dropping birth rate, apparently.
Canada is getting pretty big
2016 census data from Statistics Canada shows Canada’s population is increasing, urbanizing, and moving West
Why China's government wants its people to eat more potatoes
China has a problem: it has to feed 20 percent of the world's population with just 10 percent of the world's arable land.
Immigrants Could Make Up Nearly One-Third of Canada’s Population by 2036: Statistics Canada Report
Visible minorities are expected to make up the majority in Canada’s major cities within two decades.
Watching Humans Take Over the Earth in 200,000 Years Is Pretty Relaxing
It took 200,000 years to reach the first billion humans, but only 200 years to get to seven billion.
Here’s Proof that the World Isn't the Hellhole It Feels Like
The world is much better than it has ever been, as evidenced by the following economic data visualized by Max Roser at University of Oxford.
These Countries Now Have a Historic Imbalance of Men to Women
Some European countries are now reporting a historic dude imbalance. We asked population experts what this might mean for women.