The 0.9% increase in 2024 was a slight slowdown from 2023, when the world population grew by 75 million people. In January 2025, 4.2 births and 2.0 deaths were expected worldwide every second ...

Forecasts suggest that by 2100, a majority of the world’s babies will be African, leading to predictions of an African ...

Major economies are heading toward a "population collapse" by 2100 because of falling fertility rates, new research has found. A report by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) on Wednesday, warns the ...

The UK population is projected to rise to 72.5 million by mid-2032 from 67.6 million in mid-2022, driven almost entirely by ...

Net migration could fuel a rise in the UK population to 72.5 million by 2032, figures suggest. The Office for National ...

China's population is projected to crash 55% by the turn of the next century. Italy's will sink 41%, and Brazil's will drop ...

The East Asian country posted 240,000 births last year, according to preliminary estimates, boosting the country's fertility ...

Current estimates suggest that the Muslim population in India has now exceeded 200 million. Scroll down for more data on predicted population numbers.

The UK population could reach 72.5 million by mid-2032, up from the latest estimate of 67.6 million, driven almost entirely ...

the population of most major religions is expected to increase. Christianity will remain the largest religious group by 2050, but Islam is projected to surpass it and become the world’s dominant ...

The world population increased by more than 71 million people in 2024 and will be 8.09 billion people on New Year’s Day, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released Monday. The 0.9% ...

FILE - The crowd reacts after Australia's Sam Konstas hits a six during play on the first day of the fourth cricket test between Australia and India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne ...