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

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

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 ...

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.