Some of the most populous nations are set to remain, while others face decline.

Data: U.S. Census; Chart: Jacque Schrag/Axios People in the year 2100 will be younger in Africa, and dramatically older in East Asia and Europe, as power tilts sharply toward the global South, per the ...

The 2019 revision of the World Population Prospects (WPP), the United Nations projected that the world’s population would grow from 7.7 billion in 2019 to reach 8.5 billion in 2030, 9.7 billion in ...

Our crowded world will see a slowdown in population by the end of the century. That's according to a new report by the Pew Research Center. The group said Monday it expects the world's population to ...

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The world's population is expected to swell to 9.7 billion by 2064, before dropping to 8.8 billion in 2100, according to a new study. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of ...

The UB population projection of 11.2 billion for 2100 is only the middle of the medium scenario for the UN. The UN has been revising its population projections upward from 9.5 billion to 11.2 billion ...

July 15 (UPI) --A new study said Wednesday the global population won't grow as quickly by the year 2100 as was previously estimated. The study, published in the Lancet, said fertility issues, ...

The world's population could reach 11 billion by the year 2100, according to a new statistical analysis. That represents 800 million more people than was forecast in 2011. Most of that increase comes ...

The number of calories needed to feed the world could almost double by the century's close, as populations and body weight continue to rise. A study published in Plos One calculated how much food ...