In Washington’s Commerce Department Building, a light atop the “U.S. population clock” flashed every eleven seconds to mark the birth of another American. If a “world population clock ...

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 population increased by more than 71 million people in 2024 and will be 8.09 billion people on New Year’s Day, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released Monday. The 0.9% ...

The world population is projected to be 8,092,034,511 at the start of the new year, according to the Census Bureau’s “Population Clock.” Over 71 million people were born worldwide over the ...