Explore the history, challenges, and future of global population trends, from overpopulation fears to the emerging concern of ...

The population pyramid shows a low birth rate and high life expectancy. This pyramid shows an ageing population. Consequences of an ageing population: Too many elderly people, puts an added strain ...

As the theme of this year’s World Population Day reminds us, investing in data collection is important to understanding problems, tailoring solutions, and driving progress. So is finance.

The World Population Prospects 2019: Highlights, estimates that the next 30 years will see the global population add an extra 2 billion people to today's figure of 7.7 billion, and, by the end of ...