Germany’s economy has struggled lately, with weak demand and high energy costs blunting growth. But its greatest long-term challenge is likely from a demographic crisis that began decades ago. Like ...

The latest forecasts predict a sharp decline in the population. One reason is that too few children are being born. Immigration, even in greater numbers, will not offset the trend.The figure 1.35 ...

The biggest challenge for Europe’s largest economy will be growth constraints due to a workforce shortage, German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Wednesday after Berlin slashed its outlook for ...

It is mid-October in the small southern German town of Burladingen, and the harvest of the day is apples — hundreds of them. Their peeling and cutting requires all hands on deck. At large tables ...

Novel research shows that in approximately one third of countries and territories worldwide, population aging was the largest contributor to the growing burden of musculoskeletal disorders from 1990 ...

A survey of 143 low-, middle-, and high-income countries has revealed which ones are most prepared to support the world’s rapidly aging population in areas like well-being, equity, and security – and ...