The world population increased by more than 71 million people in 2024 and will be 8.09 billion people on New Year’s Day, according to US Census Bureau estimates released Monday.

The U.S. has seen a decline in birth rates since the Great Recession as society changes its tune on parenthood and family ...

The DNA study was split into two papers since Russian and Ukrainian researchers couldn't co-author, Nature reported.

Major economies are heading toward a "population collapse" by 2100 because of falling fertility rates, new research has found. A report by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) on Wednesday, warns the ...

Millions of people from the poor world are trying to cross seas, forests, valleys and rivers, in search of safety, work and ...

The UK population is projected to rise to 72.5 million by mid-2032 from 67.6 million in mid-2022, driven almost entirely by ...

The three wealthiest people in the world, Elon Musk ... up of extremely wealthy individuals who use their money to influence policy, according to World Population Review. Oligarchies typically lead ...

The admonition that we must remember the past to avoid repeating it has always struck me as strange. If human history teaches ...

Another significant element of India's population challenge is gender inequality, with Muttreja referring to this as "the ...

pointing to further demographic challenges for the world’s second most populous nation that is now facing both an aging population and an emerging shortage of working age people able to support ...

According to the United Nations' world population data, the average global birth rate is 16.52 births per 1,000 people. The U.S. is among the developed countries with the highest birth rate ...

China’s population has fallen for the third straight year, pointing to further demographic challenges for the world’s second most populous nation that is now facing both an aging population and an eme ...