WHAT'S NEXT?: The global population is expected to reach 8.5 billion in 2030, up 1 billion from 2016. Western economies are declining in numbers and emerging economies witnessing burgeoning growth.
[New] Both South-East Asian countries are projected to see their 65+ population shares double in twenty-years: Thailand to 25.6% and Vietnam to 15.8%.
Statista Daily Data
[New] Asia-Pacific has seen phenomenal growth in its systems for stroke care, driven by an aging population, increasing urbanization and a rapid rise in risk factors associated with lifestyle disease, such as hypertension, diabetes and obesity.
Precedence Research
[New] IDC expects population health management to become more data driven and proactive, as advanced risk stratification enables earlier identification of at-risk cohorts and more effective interventions.
IDC
[New] By 2028, 50% of healthcare organizations in Asia/Pacific will leverage advanced risk stratification tools to tackle population health, specifically focusing on the chronic disease burden and aging population.
IDC
[New] The world's working-age population is now predicted to peak 30 years earlier than expected, in 2070.
Educate Ventures
[New] The number of workers that will support retirees in the future is expected to decline, just because the U.S. population is becoming older.
NPR
[New] Japan's share of population aged 65 and above is projected to reach 32.3% by 2035, with the old-age dependency ratio rising to 53.1% from 50% in 2023.
Insurance Business
[New] By 2036, the United States will be short nearly 90,000 physicians due to an aging population and reduced physician supply.
PubMed Central (PMC)
[New] Africa is expected to be the fastest urbanising region: in the last 25 years, urban population has more than doubled almost all across sub-Saharan Africa.
Knowledge for policy
[New] The world will need to produce about 60% more food to feed a global population of more than nine billion people by 2050.
KFDA
[New] The demand for protein is expected to grow as the global population rises, potentially reaching 10 billion by 2050.
CNS Media
[New] With the ageing population that we now have, in 10 to 15 years' time, the median age in Singapore will be approaching 50 years old, when the rates of colon cancer will start growing exponentially.
ST
[New] America's population growth is slowing down - and in the future, it will start moving in reverse.
Concord Action
[New] The total fertility rate will fall to 1.53 births per woman by 2026, far below the 2.1 level needed to maintain a stable population. / USA
Economic Times
[New] The world is experiencing an unprecedented demographic shift, with the global population of older adults projected to double by 2050.
Frontiers
The share of senior citizens in the US population is projected to grow from 18.7% in 2025 to nearly 23% by 2050, while children under 18 decline from almost 21% to a projected 18.4%.
The Star
Without any immigration, the US population will start shrinking in five years.
The Star
The Charlotte region's population is projected to grow from 3 million today to 4.6 million by 2050.
EIN Presswire
With the global population projected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, pressure on land, water and ecosystems will intensify.
Altiorem
Projections using a machine-learning model, trained on historical socioeconomic and water-resources data, reveal the impact of inequality on water security and predict that, by 2100, 63% of the global population could face severe water scarcity.
Nature
By 2034, global power consumption is expected to have doubled due to population increase, industrialization, and expectations of improved living standards.
Precedence Research
Last updated: 05 February 2026
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