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

A significant increase in the global Muslim population is expected by 2030. Given the current situation, there will be more ...

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 ...

The Russian President has repeatedly called on women to have more babies, in a desperate bid to reverse the decline.

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

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

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

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Majority of the World's Population Breathes Dirty Air, Report Says BENGALURU, India (AP) — Most of the world has dirty air, with just 17% of cities globally meeting air pollution guidelines ...

By 2040, existing or planned energy and climate policies and air quality measures are expected to curb global PM2.5 emissions by 6pc. However, due to economic and population growth, the number of ...

Most of the world’s population is breathing polluted air, with only seven countries meeting World Health Organization (WHO) air quality standards last year, according to a new report.