As the theme of this year’s World Population Day reminds us, investing in data collection is important to understanding problems, tailoring solutions, and driving progress. So is finance.

The World Bank’s Poverty and Shared Prosperity series provides the latest estimates and trends in global poverty and shared prosperity. The 2022 edition provides the first comprehensive ... nearly 7 ...

In a report released on World Population Day, the U.N. also said global population ... The report, “World Population Prospects 2022,” puts the world's population at 7.942 billion now and ...

The Vatican announced the figures Thursday, noting that the global Catholic populace increased between 2022 and 2023 by 1.15% ...