A Harvard University epidemiologist says that as much as 70 percent of the world’s population could get the coronavirus. Marc Lipsitch told CBS News in an interview airing Monday that “40 to ...

A net worth of $93,170 in the U.S. is actually enough to make you richer than 90 percent of the population around the world. However, to join the global one percent in America, it takes a net ...

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 ...

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the report found that richer countries tend to use the Internet more than poorer nations. Eighty-one percent of the population in developed nations were Internet users ...

Muslims are the world’s fastest-growing and second-largest religious group. In the Middle East-North Africa region, they make ...

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. ...

Yet even while the global population reaches new highs, demographers note that the growth rate has fallen steadily to less than 1 percent per year. This should keep the world from reaching nine ...

Here’s How Much Money You Need to Join the 1 Percent in Countries Around the World Monaco tops the list with an impressive minimum of $12.4 million. Modified on May 18, 2023 , Published on May ...

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.

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 ...

Ninety-nine percent of the global population — practically everyone in the entire world — is exposed to harmful air pollutants known as PM 2.5, according to a massive study recently published ...

The world population surged past 8 billion people on Tuesday, the United Nations said, warning that more hardship is in store for regions already facing resource scarcity due to climate change.