On average, women in 1963 were having 5.3 children in their lifetime and by 2023, that had more than halved to 2.2. During the same period, the global population rose by around 150 percent from 3.2 billion to 8.1 billion. The fact that populations kept (and keep) growing despite falling...
In 2025, approximately 2.77 billion people worldwide are expected to shop online—that’s more than one-third of the global population. China leads with over 904.6 million digital shoppers, followed by the U.S. and India. How can I reduce product returns in eCommerce? To reduce eCommerce...
Africa will shortly be home to the world's largest working age population and a burgeoning consumer class; it’s also rich in natural resources. Despite such human capital and natural resources, Africa’s economic growth and productivity has slowed over the past decade. If nations across the co...
About a third of the country’s population will be over 60 by 2050, up from the current level of 17%, according to Wang Jianjun, vice director of China’s National Working Committee on Aging. Wang sounded an alarm on Thursday about the challenges China will face as the world’s most po...
He deftly describes the web of influences that determine disease success, including climate (temperature, moisture), environment (land cleared or forested, standing versus moving water, characteristics of human structures), innate human characteristics such as genetic immunities, demography and population ...
population-weighted PM2.5levels were 224%, 80%, and 143% higher in the western US in September, central South America in October, and southeastern Australia in January (outlined in blue in the figure), respectively, compared to historical (2018–2019) levels. Subsequently, we computed the dif...
Examines the science and arguments of global warming skepticism. Common objections like 'global warming is caused by the sun', 'temperature has changed naturally in the past' or 'other planets are warming too' are examined to see what the science really
Global population:The world’s population stands at7.91 billionin January 2022, with the annual growth rate of 1.0 percent suggesting that this figure will reach 8 billion sometime in mid-2023. Well over half (57.0 percent) of the world’s population now lives in urban areas. ...
9 CONFIRMED CASE; DEATH RATE CASE; CONFIRM; DEATH; NUMBER; REPORT; POPULATION; MILLION; RATE; LOW; INFECT 9628 5297 22,53% 10 LOSE THE MONEY; SPEND MONEY; LOSE; SPEND; HOTEL; TOUR; CANCEL; GROUP 7479 4883 20,77% 11 WEAR A MASK MASK; WEAR; FACE; PEOPLE 8178 4794 20,39% 12 CORO...
Two of my favorites were the Commodore Club in the bow on Deck 9, where you can have a drink and enjoy a fantastic view of the ocean as the ship plows through the seas; and the Chart Room on Deck 3, a watering hole which hosts a great jazz band every night. I love jazz, so I...