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Are There Billions More People Than We Thought? Controversial Study Suggests Rural Population May Be Undercounted by 50%
With nearly half of the world’s population still living in rural areas, accurate data is paramount for achieving the United ...
Are We The People Doomed?
Because of low birth rates, the world’s population is on the way to declining for the first time in human history.
Earth’s population could be billions greater than earlier previously thought—here’s what researchers have to say
A study by Aalto University reveals that rural populations might be significantly undercounted. Researchers found potential ...
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There could be billions more people on Earth than previously thought
Currently, the UN estimates the world population to be about 8.2 billion, which is projected to peak at over 10 billion by the mid-2080. However, research, published in the journal Nature ...
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Neither 5 nor 8 million – A group of scientists has done the math and the world’s population could be very different from what we thought
In November 2022, the UN announced that the global population had reached 8 billion people. While these numbers are just ...
'Significant proportion' of world's rural population missing from global estimates, says study
Governments, international bodies and researchers rely on global population data for resource allocation and infrastructure ...
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World’s population may actually be vastly undercounted, study claims
Currently, the UN estimates the world population to be about 8.2 billion, which is projected to peak at over 10 billion by ...
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Earth could have 'billions of unaccounted for people' as population figures explode
Boffins from a top Scandinavian University made the ground breaking discovery, showing that we may have hundreds of millions ...
Oops, Scientists May Have Severely Miscalculated How Many Humans Are on Earth
Most estimates place Earth’s human population at around 8.2 billion, but Josias Láng-Ritter—a postdoctoral researcher at ...
Independent.ie12d
World population may be undercounted by billions, new study finds
There could be billions more people living on Earth than currently thought, according to a new study which claims rural ...
Global population data is in crisis—here's why that matters
Every day, decisions that affect our lives depend on knowing how many people live where. For example, how many vaccines are ...
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Millions of people in rural areas are missing from global population data
Global population data undercounts rural communities by up to 84%, impacting resource allocation and planning.