In 1775, a year before the Declaration of Independence was signed, a Harvard professor named Edward Wigglesworth did the math ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Scientists have mapped out a scenario of a global population crisis by ...

Latinos accounted for nearly two-thirds of the record 1.5 million drop in overall U.S. population growth ...

Birth rates have dropped faster than life expectancy has increased, causing slower population growth around the world. Forecasts from the United Nations predict that world population will actually ...