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China’s top lawmakers set to raise retirement age to handle shrinking workforce born of collapsing birthrate
Finance

China’s top lawmakers set to raise retirement age to handle shrinking workforce born of collapsing birthrate

By Foster Wong, Josh Xiao and Bloomberg
September 11, 2024
Gen Zers and millennials are flocking to places with these attributes—and it’s key to winning the war for talent
Commentary

Gen Zers and millennials are flocking to places with these attributes—and it’s key to winning the war for talent

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August 21, 2024
Viktor Orban, Hungary's prime minister, takes a selfie photograph with a boy, after voting at a polling station in Budapest, Hungary, on Sunday, April 3, 2022. Prime Minister Viktor Orbans party was tied with the opposition in a poll published a day before Hungarys election, raising the possibility that the race will be even tighter than previously predicted.
Politics

Hungary offered €30,000 to couples having 3 kids—but its birth rate has still fallen to a record monthly low

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August 19, 2024
People can’t afford to move out West, and top analysts are explaining why
Finance

People can’t afford to move out West, and top analysts are explaining why

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August 9, 2024
Mark Schneider sitting on a stage
Lifestyle

Nestlé, the baby food pioneer, wants to cash in on the world’s aging population problem

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June 3, 2024
San Francisco
Politics

California’s population just increased for the first time since the pandemic

By Maxwell Adler and Bloomberg
April 30, 2024
Texas’s big 3 housing markets built 300% more homes than California’s—despite having a far smaller population
Finance

Texas’s big 3 housing markets built 300% more homes than California’s—despite having a far smaller population

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March 5, 2024
China’s population continued its record plunge in 2023 as total falls 2.1m on COVID deaths and low birth rate
Leadership

China’s population continued its record plunge in 2023 as total falls 2.1m on COVID deaths and low birth rate

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January 17, 2024
Bill Gates says at Davos that health spending is key to combatting climate change: ‘That’s where you get population growth to a steady state’
Environment

Bill Gates says at Davos that health spending is key to combatting climate change: ‘That’s where you get population growth to a steady state’

By Francine Lacqua, Mark Bergen and Bloomberg
January 16, 2024
Year-end world population will exceed 8 billion for the first time ever, marking a huge milestone for the planet
Environment

Year-end world population will exceed 8 billion for the first time ever, marking a huge milestone for the planet

By Mike Schneider and The Associated Press
December 28, 2023
U.S. population increase in 2023 was driven by the most immigrants since 2001—and immigration will be the ‘main source of growth in the future’
Politics

U.S. population increase in 2023 was driven by the most immigrants since 2001—and immigration will be the ‘main source of growth in the future’

By Mike Schneider and The Associated Press
December 20, 2023
Miami’s status as the favorite American city for the ultrawealthy is pushing out its middle class—and everyone else
Success

Miami’s status as the favorite American city for the ultrawealthy is pushing out its middle class—and everyone else

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August 2, 2023
Woman cuddling her dog
Family

The 40-year-old American millennial breaks a new record—a quarter of them have never married, signifying a shifting norm

By
July 5, 2023
New Delhi, India
Environment

When will India have a bigger population than China? Maybe while you’re reading this.

By Mike Schneider, Sibi Arasu and The Associated Press
April 10, 2023
A crowd of people in New Delhi, India

China’s historic population decline raises the possibility that India has already overtaken China in size

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January 17, 2023

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