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 ...

Declining population or depopulation has emerged after years of warnings about overpopulation. While biologists see benefits from depopulation, some economists fear reduced investment, slower economic ...

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The global economic system developed in an era of rapid population growth. With aging populations and people deciding to have smaller families, economists are raising concerns about future prosperity.

Families in the U.S. and around the world are having fewer children as people make profoundly different decisions about their lives. NPR's series Population Shift: How Smaller Families Are Changing ...