Russia's economy has a dire demographic problem on its hands, and the nation could see its population slashed in half by the end of the century, an Atlantic Council report says. The report from the ...

The Russian government has stopped reporting the number of deaths in Russia as the Kremlin is likely keen to conceal Russia's losses from the war in Ukraine, a report says. Rosstat, Russia's state ...

Officials have warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that a demographic crisis could mean the country he leads will be short millions of workers by the end of the decade. In a meeting reported by ...

Across the world, governments adopted population-trimming policies, from massively subsidized birth control to promoting two-worker households to China's draconian "one child" policy. Getty Images I ...

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Chinese workers may soon have to work just a little bit longer. In late July 2024, China’s ruling Communist Party adopted a resolution that would see the country’s statutory retirement age gradually ...

THE SPECTACLE of some 100 heads of state and 50,000 conferees gathering these past two weeks in Johannesburg for a fractious and even raucous U.N. summit on sustainable development may have left the ...

The Russia-Ukraine war has accelerated the population decline. A shrinking population threatens Russia's economy and could result in worker shortages and low growth. Russia's economy has a dire ...