A study published in the journal Nature Communications reveals that the global population, particularly in rural areas, may ...

A new way of estimating rural populations has found that we may be undercounting people who live in these areas, potentially ...

There could be billions more people living on Earth than currently thought, according to a new study which claims rural figures worldwide could be vastly underestimated. Currently, the UN estimates ...

The projected global population in 2015 was 7.1 billion compared to the UN medium variant projection of 7.2 billion, reflecting somewhat higher adult death rates in our mortality projections.

Most estimates place Earth’s human population at around 8.2 billion, but Josias Láng-Ritter—a postdoctoral researcher at ...

A study by Aalto University reveals that rural populations might be significantly undercounted. Researchers found potential ...

With current estimates placing 43% of the world's 8.2 billion people in rural areas, the new findings have far-reaching consequences. Official population estimates published by the UN and the ...

A new report presented in New York on 8 April reveals that current United Nations projections on infant mortality rates are ...