UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The world’s population is expected to grow by more than 2 billion people in the next decades and peak in the 2080s at around 10.3 billion, a major shift from a decade ago ...

More than half of the world’s countries and areas have fertility rates that fall below replacement fertility – the 2.1 live births per woman required, in theory, to keep a population stable.

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As of 2021, high-income and upper-middle-income countries, which together comprise 48 per cent of the world’s population, were responsible for about 82 per cent of the CO₂ added to the ...

In time for World Population Day, marked every year on July 11 to raise awareness about urgent population issues, 24/7 Tempo identified the top 25 countries with more women than men, using data ...

If the entire human population stepped on a scale, the weight would be 316 U.S. tons, a new study finds.

The global population saw its greatest increase in known history, from 1.6 billion in 1900 to 6 billion in 2000, as life spans lengthened and infant mortality declined.

UNITED NATIONS — The world’s population is expected to grow by more than 2 billion people in the next decades and peak in the 2080s at around 10.3 billion, a major shift from a decade ago, a ...