India’s demographic advantage will shrink by 2050, warns McKinsey. The report highlights a growing aging population and declining fertility. Watch this report for more details!

India has 33 years before it gets 'too old': Mckinsey report

Hundreds of naked men grappled over wooden talismans at Japan's Kokuseki Temple in the Iwate region, over 470 km north of Tokyo. The annual 'Sominsai' festival reportedly marked its last occurrence, as elderly locals struggled to coordinate the event amid the challenges of maintaining ancient rituals due to ageing population in the country.

Japan’s 1,000-year-old ‘naked men’ festival sparks joy for one last time as population grows old

China is reportedly proposing increasing the retirement age after being faced with the demographic double whammy of an aging population and a declining birth rate. Will this demographic disaster end China's dreams?

Gravitas: After France, China proposes increasing retirement age

Faced with the twin problems of a low birth rate and an ageing population, Japan has sounded the alarm. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday said that the twin problems pose an urgent risk to society and said that the issue "cannot wait and cannot be postponed.

Explained: How falling birthrate is a ticking time bomb for this giant economy

For the sixth year in a row, Japan has witnessed a further fall in its number of births. In 2021 the nation saw a 3.5 per cent fall from the previous year (2020).

Japan sees record-breaking fall in birth rate. Was Elon Musk right, will the country 'cease to exist'?

Japan is a country that values technology while remaining true to its traditions. Because of the country's lengthy aversion to accepting immigrants, aided by its low birth rate, Japan's population is rapidly ageing.

To meet labour crunch, aid an aging population Japan develops 'BEX' a goat-robot

Elon Musk is the king of controversy, and he has stirred yet another one. He recently tweeted in reply to a user's post and said Japan would "eventually cease to exist" without a higher birthrate.

Elon Musk says Japan would 'eventually cease to exist'. Here's what he meant by it

The data underscores a fast-ageing society, high cost of child care and shrinking population of women in their 20s and 30s

Japan: Number of births likely to be sub-million for first time

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