Hacker News with Generative AI: Population Growth

Global population growth is now slowing rapidly. Is it better for environment? (theconversation.com)
Right now, human population growth is doing something long thought impossible – it’s wavering. It’s now possible global population could peak much earlier than expected, topping 10 billion in the 2060s. Then, it would begin to fall.

Population Growth, Environment, Demographics

15 points by thunderbong 34 days ago | 1 comments

A demographic projection of Spain's native-born population (pablogguz.github.io)
Spain's demographic structure is changing — and fast. In 1998, the stock of foreign-born residents was just 2.9% of the total population. By 2024, this figure had skyrocketed to 18.2%, with nearly one in five residents born outside Spain. Among the prime working-age population (ages 25-54), the share of foreign-born individuals has reached 26.8% nationally, and in provinces hosting major urban and economic centers (like Madrid or Barcelona) it is as high as ~35%.

Demographics, Spain, Population Growth, Immigration

3 points by paulpauper 38 days ago | 0 comments

Ricepedia (ricefact.com)
For every one billion people added to the world’s population, 100 million more tons of rice need to be produced each year. But the challenges facing rice production are great.

Food, Agriculture, Population Growth

4 points by Tomte 41 days ago | 0 comments

What a World Growing Older Fast Means for Investing (bloomberg.com)
A growing number of money managers say it’s time to get portfolios ready for a population shift

Investing, Demographics, Population Growth, Financial Markets

7 points by toomuchtodo 181 days ago | 10 comments

California's population is no longer in decline (ktla.com)
Despite all the noise surrounding the “California exodus,” or mass migration out of the country’s most populous state, California grew in population in 2024 — although that growth wasn’t massive.

California, Population Growth, Demographics

12 points by madihaa 182 days ago | 4 comments

Peak population may be coming sooner than we think (ft.com)
Peak population may be coming sooner than we think

Demographics, Population Growth, Forecasting, Global Trends, Sustainability

29 points by maxilevi 229 days ago | 26 comments

Peak population may be coming sooner than we think (ft.com)
Peak population may be coming sooner than we think

Demographics, Population Growth, Predictions, Social Trends, Future

17 points by johntfella 246 days ago | 21 comments

The Depopulation Bomb Isn't Ticking, It's Overblown (americandreaming.substack.com)
In the 1960s and 70s, as the global population was growing by leaps and bounds, prominent intellectuals, institutions, and political leaders, from the United Nations, to the Club of Rome, to President Richard Nixon, warned about the looming crisis of overpopulation. Today, with birth rates falling around the world, a growing number of thought leaders foretell the precise opposite.

Demography, Population Growth, Social Commentary, Predictions

22 points by paulpauper 266 days ago | 65 comments

Pushing baby booms to boost economic growth amounts to a Ponzi scheme (theconversation.com)

Economics, Population Growth, Social Policy

49 points by pseudolus 319 days ago | 138 comments

Japanese population sees greatest fall amid record foreigner growth and numbers (asahi.com)