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

Currently, the UN estimates the world population to be about 8.2 billion, which is projected to peak at over 10 billion by the mid-2080. However, research, published in the journal Nature ...

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

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 global population is expected to increase by 1.8 billion by 2050, which means the world’s farmers will have to increase total annual grain production by almost 1 billion tons and total meat ...

The iconic symbol of the property is the European Bison: approximately 900 individuals in the whole property which make almost 25% of the total world’s population and over 30% of free-living animals.

Underlying the population growth are fertility rates substantially higher ... has the world's largest proven reserves of natural gas, about 15 percent of the world's total. The region also possesses ...