Using World Bank data from 192 coastal nations, they concluded that an average of 8 million metric tons of plastic waste (8.8 million U.S. tons) slip from shores into the seas every year.

Vital Records Index NYC reports global population is set to peak at 10.3B by 2080s, then decline, prompting economic and ...

Can the vast and sparsely populated African country translate its renewable power potential into national development?

Hundreds of decisions—how to build roads, where to send medicine, how to plan for natural disasters—depend on knowing where people live. Over the past few decades, population maps have become powerful ...

Low back pain remains the leading cause of YLDs globally, and in 2020, there were more than half a billion prevalent cases of low back pain worldwide. While age-standardised rates have decreased ...

Density of health workers per 10 000 population in 2020 by income group. *Includes dentists, medical doctors, midwifery personnel, nursing personnel and pharmacists. This finding underscores the fact ...

Researchers are warning that millions of people around the world aren't being counted in census and survey data, leaving ...

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Muslims accounted for 2 billion people globally by 2020, up from 1.7 billion in 2010, marking a 21% rise. In comparison, the overall global population grew by only 10% during the same period.

Islam has increased its share of the world population, the Pew Research Center found in a report released Monday. The Muslim population increased by 1.8 percentage points to 25.6 percent, according to ...

Muslims are the world’s fastest-growing and second-largest religious group. In the Middle East-North Africa region, they make ...

High in the Himalayas, where winds slice through conflict-hit Kashmir at 160 mph and temperatures swing from -20°F to 113°F, India has unveiled the world's highest rail bridge, remaking the ...