This interactive graph shows just how much the world's population accelerated after 1900. In 2019, the population of the world is 1,860 times the size of what it was 12,000 years ago — 4 million. 2.

Explainer Demographics and population Bar chart race: the most populous cities through time. Watch the race to be the most populous city on earth, from 1500 to the present day.

So, by 2060, the dome will have come and gone and the shape of the population will look more like a column (or perhaps an old-fashioned beehive). Read the full article from The World In 2015. Share ...

The world's population is expected to swell to 9.7 billion by 2064, before dropping to 8.8 billion in 2100, according to a new study. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of ...

There are now 7 billion people, according to the U.N.'s population division. That prompts a question: Who else is in the 7 Billion Club? To learn which other animals had reached that plateau, we ...

Worldwide, more than eight-in-ten people identify with a religious group. A comprehensive demographic study of more than 230 countries and territories conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Forum on ...