In terms of where the residents are located, California was the state with the highest population in 2023. The U.S. population by race and ethnicity The United States is well known the world over for having a diverse population. In 2023, the number of Black or African American ...
"It is also the result of high and persistent levels of fertility in some countries," added the report. Countries with the highest fertility levels tend to be those with the lowest income per capita. Global population growth has therefore over time become increasingly concentrated among the world...
More than half of the world’s population live in cities. Traffic and pollution are becoming big problems in big cities all over the world. In cities like Mexico City Shanghai or Cairo the quality of air is getting worse every day. In the United States people spend more time sitting in ...
on as a first language, all six UN languages: the Arabic, Chinese mandarin, English, Russian and Spanish (Castilian) are considered as mother tongue or as second language of about half of the world’s population and at the same time the official languages in more than half of the world....
The census data shows that there were 260 million people aged 60 and over, accounting for 18.70% of the total population; 190 million aged 65 and over, accounting for 13.50% of the total population. While the aged population was large in scale, the aging process quickened apparently and pres...
In most developing countries the poorest women have the fewest options for family planning the least access to antenatal care and are most likely to give birth without the assistance of a doctor or midwife. Limited access to family planning translates into 89 million unintended pregnancies and 48 ...
The spatial patterns of urban land use varied significantly across scenarios and were influenced by drivers of urbanization. Despite geographical, social, and cultural differences among countries and cities worldwide, urbanization, population growth, and climate change pose common challenges and trends20....
Today, two-thirds of the global population live in a low fertility context, where the lifetime fertility is below 2.1 births per woman. At the same time, population growth has become increasingly concentrated among the world's poorest countries, most of which are in sub-Saharan Africa. ...
Pakistan, populous multiethnic country of South Asia. With a predominately Indo-Iranian speaking population, Pakistan has historically and culturally been associated with its neighbors Iran, Afghanistan, and India. Since 1947 Pakistan has been distinguis
Southern Africa, southernmost region of the African continent, comprising the countries of Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The island nation of Madagascar is excluded because of its d