By the time the Nazi Party’s systematic murder of Jewish people in Europe ended in 1945, the global Jewish population had ...

In most parts of the world, the number of men and women is almost equal. But in some countries, the scales tip noticeably, ...

World Population Day 2025, on July 11, focuses on empowering youth for family planning in a fair world. Learn its history & ...

Population decline and expansion in various countries is changing the global demographic and could affect the balance of economic activity.

Major economies are heading toward a "population collapse" by 2100 because of falling fertility rates, new research has found. A report by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) on Wednesday, warns ...

World Population Day 2025 highlights a global population exceeding 8.2 billion, with India leading at 1.46 billion, surpassing China. The United States stands third with 347 million, driven by ...

With rising costs and random events accounted for, new research says the world needs at least 2.7 children per woman to meet replacement level fertility.

Hunted nearly to extinction during 20th century whaling, the Antarctic blue whale, the world’s largest animal, went from a population size of roughly 200,000 to little more than 300. The ...

The BRICS group of emerging-market powers — the acronym stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — has gone from a slogan dreamed up at an investment bank two decades ago to a ...

It represents growing economic and demographic heft: the eleven BRICS countries now comprise more than a quarter of the global economy and almost half of the world’s population.

11 July 2024 - According to the World Population Prospects 2024: Summary of Results published today, it is expected that the world’s population will peak in the mid-2080s ...

Leaders of BRICS, a group of emerging market nations that represent about half of the world’s population, will meet for a high-profile summit on Tuesday, their first since a major expansion last ...