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 ...

The global population has nearly doubled from four billion people in 1975 to just under 8 billion in 2020. Today, 45% of the world's population lives in cities, while 35% live in towns and semi ...

Despite surpassing 8 billion people in November 2022, global population growth is slowing down. However, these declines have not been equal across the globe—while some countries show explosive ...

World Population Day: ... The net result is a global population that grew by 0.8 percent. The map below highlights the population growth rate for countries around the world in 2022.

Vital Records Index NYC reports global population is set to peak at 10.3B by 2080s, then decline, prompting economic and ...

The global population grew by less than 1 per cent a year for the first time since the aftermath of the second world war in 2020 and 2021 with Europe’s total population actually falling during ...

Population growth in Brazil, a large middle-income country, is now the slowest on record. By 2100, the world is expected to have just six countries where births outweigh deaths – Samoa, Somalia ...

The world’s population had grown at an accelerating rate from just under 1 billion in 1800 to 2 billion in 1928 and 3 billion in 1960, with growth peaking at 2.1% per year in 1968.