Our world is becoming increasingly urban. Cities are now home to 45 per cent of the global population of 8.2 billion, according to UN DESA’s World Urbanization Prospects 2025: Summary of Results, ...

The Population Reference Bureau is a private, nonprofit organization which informs people around the world about population, health and the environment for research or academic purposes. It was ...

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Every day, decisions that affect our lives depend on knowing how many people live where. For example, how many vaccines are needed in a community, where polling stations should be placed for elections ...

The map shows the location of the 307 rural areas analyzed in the study. The reported populations in the graphic were found to be underestimated by between 53 and 84%. Credit: Josias Láng-Ritter et.

The global economic slowdown is making it more difficult for poor countries to maintain family planning programs aimed at reducing their high birth rates, said a study being released Thursday. The ...

World Population Day, July 11, is just around the corner. It was established in 1989 by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Program to turn our focus to population issues. At the ...