World Population Day, observed annually on July 11, highlights the critical consequences of demographic shifts as the global population approaches 8 billion. The 2025 theme emphasizes empowering young ...

In 1989, the United Nations established 11 July after the global body inspired by the world population hitting five billion on 11 July 1987.

“Many population growth rates reversed or saw major changes between 2023 and 2024,” Crystal Delbé, a statistician in the Census Bureau’s Population Division, said in a statement.

To their surprise, the authors also found that resource abundance increased faster than the population―a relationship that they call superabundance. On average, every additional human being created ...

US News: Elon Musk has once again sparked conversation around the issue of global population decline, with a simple yet powerful one-word response that reflect.

The U.S. Census Bureau released a report Thursday showing that immigration drove the U.S. population's highest rate increase in over two decades.

How Utah grew in 2024 The Census Bureau's annual population estimates don't explain exactly why growth occurs, why certain states grow faster than others, or why some states decline.

Our research suggests that as human population increases, humans and animals will share increasingly crowded landscapes. For example, as more people move into forests and agricultural regions, ...

Will a falling population be better for the environment? Published: August 26, 2024 4:23pm EDT Right now, human population growth is doing something long thought impossible – it’s wavering.

A study from the Science Advances journal found that human population growth may drive 22,374 species away from their habitats by 2070.

As the world’s population grows, contact between humans and wildlife will increase in more than half of Earth’s land areas. A new study shows where the largest changes will occur.