Refugees Now Make up 1 Percent of the World's Population. Published Jun 06, 2018 at 12:21 PM EDT Updated Jun 06, 2018 at 1:08 PM EDT. By . Ewan Palmer is a Newsweek News Reporter based in London, U.K.

In 1804, the world population finally reached 1 billion. Over the next 218 years, ... decline is at its greatest in the Cook Islands, where growth sits at -2.24 percent. ...

Once in a while, viral memes and outlandish Reddit claims turn out to be true. In 2022, a claim circulated on social media asserting that, on July 8, 99 percent of the world’s population would ...

World's richest 1% emit as much carbon as bottom two-thirds: report. Washington (AFP) – The richest one percent of the global population are responsible for the same amount of carbon emissions ...

World Population Day: ... The net result is a global population that grew by 0.8 percent. The map below highlights the population growth rate for countries around the world in 2022.