There are now 8 billion people living on Earth despite the slowing of population growth in recent years, according to the United Nations, which called the number reached Tuesday a “milestone of human ...

In just seven years, Jakarta, Indonesia, took a giant leap from 33rd biggest city in the world to surpass Tokyo at the top of ...

In 2025, the world’s population has crossed 8.2 billion, and nearly half of all people now live in urban areas, a figure that ...

Large parts of Mumbai face increasing flood risks from storms and sea-level rise. AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool Coastal populations are expanding quickly around the world. The rise is evident in burgeoning ...

Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, is now the world's most populous city, ahead of Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, and Japan's Tokyo, ...

John Wilmoth is Director, Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA). Clare Menozzi, Lina Bassarsky and Danan Gu are Population Officers, UN DESA.

The world’s population is expected to grow by more than 2 billion people in the next decades and peak in the 2080s at around 10.3 billion, a new report by the United Nations said Thursday. The report ...

Nine of the top 10 mega-cities are in Asia, with Bangladesh's Dhaka projected to be the world's largest city by 2050.

Jakarta has overtaken Tokyo to become the world's most populous city, now home to nearly 42 million people, according to the ...

Eight billion. That’s the number of humans estimated to be alive on Earth. On November 15, the global population reached this landmark, according to a projection from the United Nations. In addition ...