Though the global population is quickly inching toward 8 billion people, as of June 2022, global estimates projected there were just over 7.9 billion people around the world. The question came up by ...

The Population Reference Bureau is a private, nonprofit organization which informs people around the world about population, health and the environment for research or academic purposes. It was ...

The map shows the location of the 307 rural areas analysed in the study. The reported populations in the graphic were found to be underestimated by between 53 and 84 percent. Global population ...

The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) recently released its 2021 World Population Data Sheet and its data on fertility and contraceptive needs indicate that issues with economic development, ...

The map shows the location of the 307 rural areas analyzed in the study. The reported populations in the graphic were found to be underestimated by between 53 and 84%. Credit: Josias Láng-Ritter et.