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In 2025, a significant segment of the global population remains unbanked, lacking access to basic financial services like savings accounts, credit, and online banking. Imagine living in a world where ...
Jordan King is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. Her current focus is on religion, health, food safety and population. She has covered the persecution of religions in the global south ...
Liguria is the oldest region in the European Union and Europe is the oldest continent in the world. For The Weekend Intelligence, he set out to make sense of this demographic crisis.
The capitals grew by 427,800 people (2.4%) in 2023-24. Capital city growth comprised overseas migration (373,000), natural increase (89,500) and internal migration (-34,600). Melbourne had the largest ...
The answers rely on population data. But counting people is getting harder. For centuries, census and household surveys have been the backbone of population knowledge. But we’ve just returned ...
According to the CIRP Freshman Survey 2024, some demographic groups are less likely to say they’re confident in their academic abilities and that they encounter mental health struggles, highlighting ...
We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? While most estimates place the current human population at around 8.2 billion, a new study suggests we might be vastly ...
Population aging is rapidly becoming one of Asia’s most daunting challenges. In 2023, 14% of the region’s population was aged 60 or above, and that share is projected to swell to 25% by 2050 ...
The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in Rostock investigates the structure and dynamics of populations. The Institute’s researchers explore issues of political relevance, such as ...
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