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The World Population Prospects 2019: Highlights, estimates that the next 30 years will see the global population add an extra 2 billion people to today's figure of 7.7 billion, and, by the end of ...

2007 was the first year in which more people lived in urban areas than in rural areas, and by 2050 about 66 per cent of the world population will be living in cities. These megatrends have far ...

As per a report by Pew Research Center, the population of Muslims in America will surpass that of Jews by the year 2040. In ...

Parkinson’s disease cases could double, reaching over 25 million worldwide. A new study reveals that aging and population ...

If trends continue, global rates of overweight and obese adults would rise to about 57.4% for men and 60.3% for women by 2050. In terms of raw numbers, China (627 million), India (450 million) and the ...

Today, more than half of the world’s population – 4.4 billion people – lives in cities. This shift is set to continue, with the urban population expected to more than double by 2050, at which point ...

By 2050, over 5 billion people — probably more than half the planet’s population — will be exposed ... but it won’t affect the world in a uniform way. While certain parts of rich countries ...

Without significant changes, the researchers predict that 3.8 billion adults will be overweight or obese in 15 years- or roughly 60% of the worldwide adult population in 2050. The world's health ...

Muslim Population: Islam will replace Christianity as the world’s largest largest and the global Muslim population will surge by a whopping 70 percent in the next 35 years, breaching the 3 ...

African theologians gathered in Ghana to shape a bold 25-year vision for the church, tackling cultural identity, youth ...

The Global Outlook is ExxonMobil’s view of energy demand and supply through 2050, based on a long-term assessment of economic ...