Because of low birth rates, the world’s population is on the way to declining for the first time in human history.

A new way of estimating rural populations has found that we may be undercounting people who live in these areas, potentially ...

The world's Catholic population has grown, but the number of priests has fallen, according to a new report that looks at the latest available data. The Vatican announced the figures Thursday, noting ...

A study by Aalto University reveals that rural populations might be significantly undercounted. Researchers found potential ...

A study has calculated the world's most cashless nations based on a series of metrics that measure how nations have adopted ...

Roughly 80 million international migrants are Muslim, representing 29% of all people living outside their country of birth.

The Vatican published the latest official statistics of the Catholic Church. The increase in the number of baptized is mainly ...

Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Estonia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Moldova, Croatia and Montenegro are the 10 European countries ...

Regardless of the nation, the size of a population reaching military age annually within it yields a significant advantage ...

The Vatican released the new Statistical Yearbook of the Church last week for 2023, and it shows some favorable numbers while also pointing to some disappointments.