Norwegian children's minister pleads that more families have a "third child"

The war in Ukraine is “catastrophic” for population growth. By 2030, the population might decrease from 43 million to 35.

For more than 200 years, scholars, scientists and politicians have debated whether there are too many people on the Earth. Is overpopulation actually a fact or just a theory? IDEA editor Daniel Scholaster did some research and spoke to experts.

Many media in Finland have warned about the historically low birth rate in the country. Fewer children are born in Finland today than during the famine years of the 19th century.