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  1. Population decline - Wikipedia

    Population decline, also known as depopulation, is a reduction in a human population size. [9] Throughout history, Earth 's total human population has continued to grow, but projections suggest …

  2. Life in a depopulating world - Financial Times

    4 days ago · With declining fertility rates, many countries will look very different by 2100

  3. American Decline: Depopulation Is Possible — and Could Cause a Crisis

    Sep 14, 2025 · Depopulation — unremitting, long-term population decline — promises to be the 21st century’s most important demographic trend.

  4. The people deficit—What happens when depopulation becomes a …

    Nov 10, 2025 · The issue of global depopulation is emerging as a pressing demographic concern. Unlike the past century, when there was an almost panic of overpopulation and questions of mass scarcity …

  5. Thousands of U.S. Cities Could Become Virtual Ghost Towns by 2100

    Jan 11, 2024 · These projected findings about depopulation in U.S. cities are shaped by a multitude of factors, including the decline of industry, lower birth rates and the impacts of climate change

  6. Dependency and depopulation? Confronting the consequences of a …

    Jan 15, 2025 · Many first wave economies face a virtually unprecedented depopulation challenge toward the end of the century, according to UN projections. More immediately, they face another challenge: …

  7. Why It Matters That Birth Rates Are Falling Around the World | TIME

    Jul 3, 2025 · In their new book After the Spike, demographers Dean Spears and Michael Geruso make the counterintuitive case for worrying less about overpopulation and more about depopulation. …

  8. The Age of Depopulation: Surviving a World Gone Gray

    Oct 10, 2024 · Depopulation is not a grave sentence; rather, it is a difficult new context, one in which countries can still find ways to thrive. Governments must prepare their societies now to meet the …

  9. What Is the Definition of Population Decline? - Biology Insights

    Jul 27, 2025 · Population decline, also known as depopulation, occurs when the number of individuals within a specific geographical area decreases over time. This phenomenon is increasingly observed …

  10. Opinion | Depopulation Won’t Change the World for the Better - The …

    Jun 29, 2025 · Depopulation might seem welcome. It is true that people caused today’s environmental problems. And it is right to prioritize the challenges of climate change, global poverty and inequality.