The United Nations is estimating that the world’s population could reach the eight billion mark as soon as mid-November, with India replacing China as the world’s most populous country in 2023 — a ...

There could be billions more people living on Earth than currently thought, according to a new study which claims rural figures worldwide could be vastly underestimated. Currently, the UN estimates ...

The best that the GREEN movement has come up with for energy is wind and solar, but those renewables only generate ...

For years, the official estimate of Earth’s population has hovered around 8.2 billion. However, a new study suggests that the actual number of people living on our planet could be much higher.

FILE - A census taker's briefcase is visible as she knocks on doors, Aug. 11, 2020, in Winter Park, Fla. A report released Tuesday, July 9, 2024, by the American Statistical Association warns that U.S ...

The world’s population is expected to shrink in the second half of the 21st century, according to researchers. The research, which is published in The Lancet medical journal, forecasts mortality, ...

In 1994, widespread concern over population growth brought world leaders together at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), held in Cairo, Egypt, in 1994. Today, however, ...

The Population Reference Bureau has issued their 2017 World Population Data Sheet, and it asserts that the global population will reach 9.8 billion by 2050. That’s an increase of 31 percent on the ...

Once in a while, viral memes and outlandish Reddit claims turn out to be true. In 2022, a claim circulated on social media asserting that, on July 8, 99% of the world’s population would experience ...

Martin is vice president for marketing at Population Connection, a national grassroots population organization, and lives in Tierrasanta. According to a projection by the United Nations, on Nov. 15, ...

LAGOS, Nigeria — The world’s population is projected to hit an estimated 8 billion people Tuesday, according to a United Nations projection, with much of the growth coming from developing nations in ...