The world population is predicted to peak at about 10.3 billion people in the 2080s, according to a report released Thursday by the United Nations. The agency's 2024 World Population Prospects study ...
On July 11, the United Nations will mark its annual World Population Day, which aims to raise awareness of global population trends and related issues. Here are five facts about how the world’s ...
Family size around the world is dropping. That choice by couples is triggering a population shift that's sending shock waves ...
UNITED NATIONS — The world’s population is expected to grow by more than 2 billion people in the next decades and peak in the 2080s at around 10.3 billion, a major shift from a decade ago, a new ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The burgeoning world population, estimated to reach 9 billion by 2040, will increase demand for food and energy from farmers and challenge them to balance the demands, said a ...
Birth rates have dropped faster than life expectancy has increased, causing slower population growth around the world. Forecasts from the United Nations predict that world population will actually ...
Global production of six major food and animal feed crops (corn, wheat, rice, soybeans, cassava, and millet) has dramatically increased and outpaced world population growth between 1961 and 2022, ...