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Real Estate
A big look at the state of housing in America: Boomers won’t sell, millennials can’t buy, and Gen Z gets to watch the whole thing sort itself out
By Tristan BoveJune 24, 2026
At 75, Ted Turner told Fortune he gave himself 5 more years. He got 12—and spent them warning the world was ending
C-Suite
At 75, Ted Turner told Fortune he gave himself 5 more years. He got 12—and spent them warning the world was ending
By Ashley LutzMay 6, 2026
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Health
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By Tristan BoveApril 27, 2026
A medical worker cares for a newborn "dragon baby" in the maternity department of Zaozhuang Maternal and Child Health Hospital in Shandong province, China, Feb 10, 2024.
Economy
China’s fertility crisis is so dire, rates are falling below ‘replacement levels’ and GDP could slow by more than half in the next 30 years, study says
By Eleanor PringleAugust 4, 2025
A nurse examining a newborn baby in China
Finance
China is offering parents $500 annually for each new child they have for 3 years in an effort to boost declining birth rate
By Chris MorrisJuly 29, 2025
Atsushi Katsuki, chief executive officer of Asahi Group Holdings Ltd., during an interview in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Aug. 17, 2022.
Retail
How a Japanese population crisis has quietly made Asahi one of Europe’s biggest beer makers
By Ryan HoggApril 11, 2025
A dad working while holding a baby carrier
Success
Millennials choosing to be DINKs could push GDP down by as much as 4%
By Eleanor PringleMarch 19, 2025
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Politics
Elon Musk, father of 13, thinks the world is facing an ‘underpopulation crisis’; the UN says the population will continue growing until 2100
By Tristan Bove and Fortune EditorsFebruary 25, 2025
China marriages fall to record low as demographic crisis deepens
Lifestyle
China marriages fall to record low as demographic crisis deepens
By BloombergFebruary 10, 2025
Top economies face ‘population collapse’ as fertility rates drop, and something’s got to give, study says
Finance
Top economies face ‘population collapse’ as fertility rates drop, and something’s got to give, study says
By Jason MaJanuary 19, 2025
China’s population fell for the third year in a row in 2024
Politics
China’s population fell for the third year in a row in 2024
By AFPJanuary 17, 2025
Children attend a school ceremony in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Lifestyle
Russia is speeding into a demographic crisis with a 25-year-low birth rate as the Ukraine war rages on
By Prarthana PrakashDecember 6, 2024
Paris is panicking as 10,000 Parisians are abandoning the city each year
Lifestyle
Paris is panicking as 10,000 Parisians are abandoning the city each year
By Juliette Collen and AFPNovember 19, 2024
World’s richest man Elon Musk says people should relax about the costs and just have kids: ‘It’ll work out’
Politics
World’s richest man Elon Musk says people should relax about the costs and just have kids: ‘It’ll work out’
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezOctober 22, 2024
A man shelters from the rain under an umbrella as he walks past the Euro currency sign in front of the former European Central Bank (ECB) building in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on July 27, 2023 ahead of thr ECB's monthly announcement on eurozone monetary policy.
Finance
Europe’s population crisis could shave 4% off its GDP by 2040, Morgan Stanley warns, and the options to solve it aren’t good
By Ryan HoggOctober 14, 2024
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