The report was originally published on World Population Day five months ago.It projected Tuesday as the day for the 8 billion person milestone, now dubbed the "Day of Eight Billion," to be ...

In this article, we list and discuss 30 of the Largest Cities in the World by Population. If you would like to skip our detailed discussion of the topic, you can go to 10 of the Largest Cities in ...

World population projected to peak at 10.3 billion in 2080s, U.N. says Additionally, the global life expectancy is beginning to climb again post-COVID pandemic, and is now 73.3 years of age.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — 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 ...

The world’s population hit 8 billion on Tuesday, according to UN estimates, a major milestone as many parts of the world face plummeting growth rates and world leaders struggle to address ...

World Population Day 2024 is a moment to ask who is still going uncounted and why – and what this costs individuals, societies, and our global efforts to leave no one behind.

The global population is execpted to hit 8 billion in mid-November. ... Since 1800, the world’s population has jumped eight-fold, from an estimated one billion to eight billion.

I am a reporter on the breaking news team based in New York City. The U.S. Census Bureau projects the world population will be 8,019,876,189 on January 1—an almost 1% increase of 75,162,541 ...

The growth rate for the U.S. in the past year was 0.53%, about half the worldwide rate. The U.S. added 1.7 million people and will have a population on New Year's Day of 335.8 million people.

The global human population has been climbing for the past two centuries. But what is normal for all of us alive today — growing up while the world is growing rapidly — may be a blip in human ...

World Population Day focuses on the urgency and importance of population issues. It was established by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 1989. Wednesday, Jun 25, 2025.

The world population is growing more slowly than it has in decades due to long periods of low fertility. More than two-thirds of people live in countries where women have 2.1 children or fewer.