Population

Population

Children play at a playground inside a shopping complex in Shanghai, China June 1, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song

China's population expected to start to shrink before 2025

China is battling to reverse a rapid shrinkage in natural population growth as many young people opt not to have children due to factors including the high cost and work pressure

Low fertility to keep Bangladesh population at 20 crore in 2045

Low fertility to keep Bangladesh population at 20 crore in 2045

People shop in a crowded market amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Kolkata, India, 6 January, 2022. Photo: Reuters

India to surpass China as most populous country in 2023: UN report

World population to hit 8 billion this year: UN

World population to hit 8 billion this year: UN

Representational image. Photo: Collected

Health, nutrition prog seeks rise in cost, tenure despite poor progress

Illustration: TBS

Bangladesh needs to address vulnerabilities of youth and older persons to achieve demographic dividend

FILE PHOTO: Women with protective masks, widely used as a preventive measure against coronavirus disease (COVID-19), walk across Red Square near the St. Basil's Cathedral in central Moscow, Russia March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/File Photo

Russian population falls by 1.04 mn in 2021 in historic drop

According to the Census Bureau, the US population grew at the slowest rate in recorded history in 2021. Photo: Reuters

America would be more happy with more people

The skyline of Manhattan is seen from the water on the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York City, New York, US, September 11, 2021. This photo was taken at 8.46 am EDT on September 11, 2021, exactly 20 years after the first plane struck the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York. Photo :Reuters

US population growth at lowest rate in pandemic’s 1st year

A nurse holds a syringe containing a coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine made by the Beijing Institute of Biological Products, a unit of Sinopharm subsidiary China National Biotec Group (CNBG), at a vaccination center during a government-organized visit, in Beijing, China, April 15, 2021. Photo :Reuters

China has given 76.3% of population complete Covid-19 vaccine doses

Dr Sabuktagin Rahman

Zinc nutrition in the Bangladeshi population and the pandemic

China national flags and Hong Kong flags displayed in Hong Kong on June 29, 2021. Photo: Kyodo/UNB

Hong Kong sees record population decline

People wearing face protective masks walk on Hollywood Blvd during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Los Angeles, California, US, March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo

New US census data shows white population shrank for first time