population growth

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Countries that endorse zero population growth may find themselves more diminished than they now imagine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026

Even more striking than the population growth of unicorns has been their swelling sizes, which has set off a portmantavalanche of hideous new classifications.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

Putting a hard limit on the number of residents is not a measure any other country has tried, although China, through its now abandoned one-child limit, did try to slow population growth.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

Now, experts say this aging infrastructure is converging with population growth and regulatory rollbacks that are increasing the likelihood that similar incidents will happen again.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

And partly because population growth burned humanity’s boats.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari