The world is heading for a massive baby boom - but only in a handful of places. By 2050, just ten countries will swell by more people than the rest of the globe combined, creating both huge ...

The global fertility rate was 2.2 births per woman last year, down from five in the 1960s and 3.3 in 1990, according to the United Nations World Fertility 2024 report. It is set to hit the replacement ...

By 2035, Bloomberg Economics forecasts, China will have overtaken the U.S. to become the world’s biggest economy ... potential GDP through 2050 for 39 countries, from the U.S. to Ghana. We’ve used ...

The world ’s demographic map is changing rapidly, and the shift is most visible in Africa. Several African countries are set ...