[New] 56% of the global population resides in urban areas, a figure projected to reach 60% by 2030, intensifying demand for ready-to-cook ingredients.
Market Data Forecast
[New] From pension fund capital flows to sovereign debt risk, from healthcare investment to automation-driven productivity, the aging population economic impact is reshaping global bond markets and forex dynamics.
seaglobalfx
[New] In the next 75 years, the Chinese population is expected to decline by 786 million people, which is half of their current population.
Discover Magazine
[New] As of 2024, 13% of regional businesses utilized AI technologies, with 80% of the population expected to possess basic digital skills by the end of 2030.
Research Nester
[New] With a projected 7% rise in the world's youth population by 2030, ensuring meaningful participation of young people is crucial to making agrifood systems more inclusive, sustainable and future-ready.
National Today
[New] Dubai's population could approach 4 million within the next few years, sustaining long-term housing requirements.
Khaleej Times
[New] If women begin acting more like they did in earlier and different times, choosing to have on average 25% more children, the world population will start growing again.
Hudson Institute
[New] If the average woman has 1.7 children as women now do in half the world, then world population will decline until humans disappear from the Earth - or, more likely, until women start having more children.
Hudson Institute
[New] In China, so few women have been born lately that the Chinese population can be expected to decline by hundreds of millions by the end of this century.
Hudson Institute
[New] Within the next decade, Gen Z will account for roughly 30% of the global population.
Vetromebel.com
[New] Gen Z makes up 32% of the global population, totaling over 2.5 billion people worldwide, and by 2040, they will surpass Gen X in total spending power.
Revenue Memo
[New] Switzerland will hold a referendum on capping its population at 10 million - a move that could damage its economy and endanger lucrative agreements with the EU.
The Week
[New] Ageing Population: By 2030, 25% of Singapore's population will be over 65, potentially reducing workforce mobility and increasing preference for proximity-based employment.
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[New] Five countries are expected to contribute to more than 60% of the world's population growth by 2100: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Tanzania.
The Pew Charitable Trusts
[New] Although the world's population more than tripled in the last 75 years, the U.N. expects it to grow by only about 1.9 billion between now and 2100 (from some 8.2 billion to 10.2 billion).
The Pew Charitable Trusts
[New] The United States may record its first-ever population decline as soon as in 2026, decades earlier than previously forecast, as reduced immigration sharply alters long-standing demographic trends.
[your]NEWS
[New] Asia Pacific is expected to grow at the fastest CAGR in the coming year, driven by extensive infrastructure development, population growth, and quick urbanization in emerging economies.
Precedence Research
[New] Vertical farming has been hailed as one of the ways to feed the world's growing population, expected to increase to nearly ten billion by 2050.
BBC News
[New] By 2051, an estimated 30% of Iran's population is expected to be over the age of 60.
FinancialTribune
[New] If the fertility rate drops further to around 1.3, Iran's population growth could turn negative between 2046 and 2051.
FinancialTribune
[New] A quarter of humanity will be African, rising to a third by 2100, and the Arab world's population will double.
Friends of Europe
Last updated: 22 February 2026
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