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World Dec 29

World population up 75 million this year, standing at 8 billion on Jan. 1

By Mike Schneider, Associated Press

World Apr 20

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India will soon pass China as the world’s most populous nation

India will overtake China as the world’s most populous nation by the middle of this year, according to United Nations data. Alongside its population of 1.4 billion, India's geopolitical and economic footprint is also growing. But as Fred de Sam…

By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Sarah Clune Hartman, Zeba Warsi, Simeon Lancaster

World Jan 17

China’s population declines for 1st time in decades

The reported decline is adding to pressure on leaders to keep the Chinese economy growing despite an aging workforce and at a time of rising tension with the U.S.

By Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press

Politics Dec 29

An aerial view of the city of San Francisco skyline and the Golden Gate Bridge in California, U.S., October 28, 2021. Photo by Carlos Barria/REUTERS
U.S. Census Bureau redefines the meaning of urban areas in America

More than 1,100 towns, hamlets and villages in the U.S. lost their status as urban areas as the U.S. Census Bureau released a new list of places considered urban based on revised criteria.

By Mike Schneider, Associated Press

World Aug 12

A person holds census information at an event where U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) spoke at a Census Town Hall ...
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America is becoming more urban, more diverse and less white, 2020 Census reveals

Despite a “hot mess” of a rollout and months of delays, new 2020 Census data reveals how America is changing. More respondents reported multiracial identities and for the first time on record, the white population declined. Lisa Desjardins explored the…

May 11

China adds few babies, loses workers as its 1.4 billion people age

By Joe McDonald, Huizhong Wu, Associated Press

The number of working-age people in China fell over the past decade while the population barely grew, adding to strains in an aging society.

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Jan 02

3 ways that the U.S. population will change over the next decade

By Dudley L. Poston, Jr., The Conversation

What does the U.S. population look like today, and what will it look like 10 years from now, in 2030?…

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May 15

U.S. birth rate falls to 32-year low

By Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press

A provisional report found there 3.788 million births last year, marking the fourth year the number of births has fallen.

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Feb 24

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As diversity increases, will U.S. be more or less politically divided?

By PBS News Hour

The United States is rapidly transforming into a more diverse, more educated and older nation. Gwen Ifill talks to Karlyn Bowman of the American Enterprise Institute and Ruy Teixeira of the Center for American Progress about a special collaborative report…

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Dec 29

U.S. population to top 320 million at start of 2015, Census reports

By Joshua Barajas

The U.S. population is expected to reach 320.09 million people on Jan. 1, 2015, a 0.73 percent increase from the previous year, the U.S. Census Bureau said in a statement Monday.

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