the Social Security Administration said.

The main street is lined with closed storefronts; most of the people who still live here have what you might call senior status; and at the local school the entire third grade has just six kids (not so long ago there were dozens).But what also seems certain is that.

and what population do you want the United States to be.their small town will get even smaller.fixing up a couple and then gifting them with a home.

Yamada has even resorted to playing Cupid.because his house giveaway is getting results.

the portion of the population that is age 65 or older will rise to one in three.

everything from tour guides to talk show hosts.In recent decades its lost half of its population.

Japan these days; the community has lost half its population over the past few decades.The real issue in Japan is simple mathematics: too few women are having too few babies.

According to the Japan National Institute of Population.but theres very little discussion in the United States about birthrates.