Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There could be billions more people on Earth than previously thought There could be billions more people living on Earth than ...

Closer home, India’s population will continue to grow briefly from its current 1.5 billion to 1.7 billion, and then drop back to 1.5 billion by 2100—leaving the population unchanged after a 75-year ...

Last month, UN DESA launched the World Youth Report on Youth Mental Health and Well-being, highlighting the urgent need for inclusive, youth-informed mental health policies. Another report, World ...

Christians are the world’s largest religious group, and they are a majority in every region except the Asia-Pacific and Middle East-North Africa regions. But they are shrinking as a share of the ...

As of July 1, 2025, the world population stands at an estimated 8.12 billion people, with a new person added approximately every 16 seconds, factoring in births, deaths, and net migration. Population ...