Fertility in India is declining rapidly, says National Health Profile 2018

Total fertility rate falls below two children per woman in 12 states, reaches replacement levels in 9 others

A welcome drop

KERALA’S DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION DETERMINANTS AND CONSEQUENCES·K C Zachariah and Irudaya Rajan·Sage Publications·Pages …

AFRICA

The road ahead

City shock

Africa: Atlas of Our Changing Environment

Population populism: Assam’s population control policy: A misguided approach?

The attempt on the part of the incumbent government, to project the Bengali Muslim community as a civilisational threat to Assam’s …

Why this abandoned village is a threat to Uttarakhand

People are abandoning their villages despite high economic growth, leaving behind few, who find it difficult to continue farming without …

At 130, India ranks one among lowest in Human Development Index

A report that assesses 188 countries urges to improve working conditions for people involved in unpaid labour

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Living on the edge

Problem of plenty

Pobitora wildlife sanctuary in Assam has far more rhinos than it can sustain

Long-anticipated ‘population bomb’ may not burst sooner than previously thought, says study

A good life for all is only possible if the extreme resource use of the wealthy elite is reduced, says expert

China’s shrinking population may lead to xenophobia, threaten CCP’s hold on power: Geeta Kochhar

Down To Earth speaks to China expert from JNU on the latest population figures  

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A new epoch: Human population to peak in 44 years

Global population estimated to touch 9.73 bln in 2064, then decline to 8.79 bln in 36 years

A billion strong or weak?

Recently, India crossed the one-billion population mark. The question on everyone's lips is what does the future hold for babies born this …

Looking ahead

A brief outline of the challenges of sustainable development in India

China needs immigrants

If present trends continue, China is expected to lose more than a third of its 1.4 billion population

Poverty eradication - Why do we always fail?

The government plans to bring one crore households out of poverty by 2019. Such targets are announced each year, but why don’t they work?

Spare change

Resources devoted to health care systems are neither divided equitably nor in proportion to the distribution of health problems

Match migrants’ skills with needs of ageing countries to drive global growth: World Bank report

Populations across the globe ageing at an unprecedented pace, global competition for workers and talent to intensify

Umbilical Discord

An estimated 8,000 babies are born with neural defects every year in Rajasthan. Most of them die within a few months of birth. They are lucky. …

Alarming pollution levels a threat to West Africa's weather

Atmosphere above the region is still one of the least studied and understood on the planet, says research

Imbalance of footprints

Resource-rich countries remain poor, and they spend most of their income on food. Developed countries conitnue to increase their appetite