World Visualized’s graphic charting the median age of the global population from 1950 to 2025 shows a steady rise: from ...

The global fertility rate was 2.2 births per woman last year, down from five in the 1960s and 3.3 in 1990, according to the ...

The global population crossed the 7 billion mark in 2011 and should hit 10.3 billion in the mid-2080s. People 65 and older are expected to outnumber kids 18 and younger by the year 2080.The world ...

Among the 10 countries projected to contribute most to global population growth, the U.S. is the only one located outside of Africa and Asia. Still, the U.S. is expected to fall from the world’s third ...

A new U.N. report says 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.

After peaking in 2080 at 10.13 billion, the dataset shows a population decline by the year 2100 to 9.88 billion. Researchers note that in the next 30 years, more than 60% of the population will ...

Some of the most reliable projections, Cohen said, come from demographers with the U.N. Their latest estimate shows the global population will plateau at around 11 billion people by 2100.

If you picture a globe, that means 15% of the world’s population was living on 4% of the Earth’s entire inhabitable landmass. People are drawn to coastal areas for many reasons.