Parts of Asia and various small island nations are among the most densely populated countries in the world, according to data from the World Bank. The findings, mapped by Newsweek, show that while ...

Hundreds of decisions—how to build roads, where to send medicine, how to plan for natural disasters—depend on knowing where people live. Over the past few decades, population maps have become powerful ...

Our global population continues to rise, hitting 8 billion in November 2022. However, the increase has been very uneven across the globe, with some countries showing explosive population growth while ...

A new study suggests the global population may be much higher than current estimates, as rural populations worldwide are likely undercounted. The UN estimates Earth’s population at 8.2 billion and ...

5 September 2024 - The global demographic landscape has evolved greatly, driven in large part by rapid fertility declines in some of the world’s most populous countries. Understanding how population ...