One in four people globally live in a country whose population has already peaked in size. 11 July 2024 - According to the World Population Prospects 2024: Summary of Results published today, it is ...

Microbes often display cooperative behavior in which individual cells put in work and sacrifice resources to collectively ...

China’s urban population surpassed 943m in 2024, say official statistics, an increase of 100m in just seven years. The ...

The U.S. population is projected to grow by 15 million in 30 years, a smaller estimate than in previous years, due to ...

For decades, China’s population story was one of rapid expansion. Even into the 2000s, the country was still adding millions of people a year—a demographic tail wind that helped power breakneck ...

According to the World Population Review, the world's most populous cities remain concentrated in Asia and Latin America. Tokyo, Delhi, and Shanghai continue to lead in population size, while cities ...

The U.S. population is spread out among 3.8 million square miles across 50 states, yet nearly one-third of Americans live in just three states: California, Texas and New York. New York City alone has ...

Birth rates in the United States are on the decline, reaching a historic low of 1.6 children per woman in 2023, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, while some ...

The global population crossed the 7 billion mark in 2011 and should hit 10.3 billion in the mid-2080s. People 65 and older are expected to outnumber kids 18 and younger by the year 2080.The world's ...