America may still think of itself as a young nation, but as a society, it is growing old. Thanks to falling birthrates, longer life expectancy and the graying of the baby boomer cohort, our ...

while the population of those under age 18 decreased by 0.2 percent, to 73.1 million, from 2023 to 2024, the data revealed. America's aging population, coinciding with falling birth rates, has become ...

In addition to lower fertility and life expectancy, America’s aging population threatens to overwhelm its budget for older citizens and cause slower economic growth.

Christians remain the largest religious group, and Muslims grew the fastest from 2010 to 2020. Read how the global share of Buddhists, Hindus, Jews and the religiously unaffiliated changed, according ...

The Changing Demographics of America The United States population will expand by 100 million over the next 40 years. Is this a reason to worry?

Unemployment has spiked among a demographic that is key to President Joe Biden’s re-election prospects: America’s youth.

America is approaching a major demographic milestone this year as fewer 18-year-olds are graduating from high school due to the declining birth rate.

Failing to increase America’s working-age population will make it challenging to sustain programs like Social Security.

A return to the younger demographic age structures of the recent past is simply not in the cards.

For decades, the world’s dominant powers have benefited from large working-age populations that help drive economic growth. Meanwhile, particularly young populations in much of the developing ...

Unemployment has spiked among a demographic that is key to President Joe Biden's re-election prospects: America's youth. Steven Blitz, chief U.S. economist for TS Lombard, put together what's ...