Hacker News with Generative AI: Population

The trends behind the historically low U.S. birth rate (cbsnews.com)
This week, correspondent Jon Wertheim reported from Japan, the land of declining sons and daughters.

Demographics, Population, Social Trends, Economics

15 points by MilnerRoute 49 days ago | 18 comments

kurzgesagt: South Korea's demographic issue is killing their country [video] (youtu.be)

South Korea, Demographics, Population, Social Issues, Video

30 points by maxloh 68 days ago | 25 comments

There Are Many Threats to Humanity. A Low Birth Rate Isn't One of Them (currentaffairs.org)
Commentators across the political spectrum claim that humanity faces imminent collapse due to a “fertility crisis.” Is this mass delusion or cynical propaganda?

Demographics, Population, Propaganda, Social Commentary, Politics

47 points by cwwc 68 days ago | 32 comments

Half the World May Need Glasses by 2050 (lookaway.app)
In 2050, nearly half of the global population will be nearsighted.

Health, Vision, Population, Demographics

12 points by _kush 75 days ago | 1 comments

South Korea Is Over – Population Bomb [video] (youtube.com)

South Korea, Demographics, Population, Social Issues, Video

9 points by tntpreneur 84 days ago | 0 comments

Why Are Birthrates Plummeting Worldwide? [video] (youtube.com)

Demographics, Global Trends, Social Issues, Population

4 points by pfdietz 90 days ago | 0 comments

Population much more than 8.2B, rural areas underestimated (popularmechanics.com)
While most estimates place the current human population at around 8.2 billion, a new study suggests we might be vastly underrepresenting rural areas.

Population, Demographics, Rural Areas, Research

90 points by the__prestige 98 days ago | 52 comments

Have we underestimated the total number of people on Earth? (newscientist.com)
Our estimates of rural populations have systematically underestimated the actual number of people living in these regions by at least half, researchers have claimed – with potentially huge impacts on global population levels and planning for public services. However, the findings are disputed by demographers, who say any such underestimates are unlikely to alter national or global head counts.

Demographics, Population, Research, Science, Rural Areas

42 points by wahern 99 days ago | 58 comments

Japan births fall to lowest in 125 years (ft.com)

Demographics, Japan, Population, Births

29 points by marban 121 days ago | 161 comments

Providing decent living for 8B people requires only 30% of current resources use (sciencedirect.com)
Some narratives in international development hold that ending poverty and achieving good lives for all will require every country to reach the levels of GDP per capita that currently characterise high-income countries.

Sustainability, Economics, Development, Population

12 points by lr0 182 days ago | 10 comments

US fertility rate dropped to lowest in a century as births dipped in 2023 (cnn.com)

Demographics, Fertility, USA, Population

40 points by paulpauper 224 days ago | 127 comments

The Low Fertility Fallacy: Why Panic About Birthrates Is Overblown (foreignaffairs.com)
Many politicians and pundits around the world have raised the alarm in recent years about declining fertility rates.

Demographics, Population, Social Issues, Economics

8 points by jnord 233 days ago | 5 comments

We Can Terraform the American West (wordpress.com)
We’re missing 300 million Americans. We’re missing 30 global cities west of 100 degrees longitude. We should do something about it!

Urban Planning, Geography, Climate Change, Population

246 points by jasondavies 245 days ago | 316 comments

Two new books on John Calhoun and his rodent experiments (newyorker.com)
As the world population approached four billion in the nineteen-sixties, fears of overcrowding and urban decay were rampant.

Science, Population, History, Sociology

109 points by mitchbob 270 days ago | 59 comments

Walt Disney Was Right; Our Cities' Problems Are Our Biggest Problems (population.fyi)
"I don't believe there is a challenge anywhere in the world that's more important to people everywhere than finding solutions to the problems of our cities" - Walt Disney

Urban Planning, Cities, Population, Society, Quotes

11 points by daveland 282 days ago | 2 comments

China raises retirement age for first time since 1950s (bbc.com)
China will "gradually raise" its retirement age for the first time since the 1950s, as the country confronts an ageing population and a dwindling pension budget.

China, Retirement, Population, Economics, Social Policy

37 points by haunter 288 days ago | 6 comments

the US should place a value of $1.17M per additional birth (model-thinking.com)

Economics, Population, Social Policy

22 points by delichon 296 days ago | 69 comments

China will have nearly twice the pets than young children by 2030 (cnbc.com)

China, Pets, Demographics, Population

6 points by donsupreme 324 days ago | 0 comments

Britain is running out of babies (edwest.co.uk)

Demographics, United Kingdom, Population

26 points by jseliger 338 days ago | 36 comments

China to raise retirement age as population gets older (bbc.com)