Governments, international bodies and researchers rely on global population data for resource allocation and infrastructure planning to disease epidemiology and disaster risk management.

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 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 ...

As per the UN estimates, the current world population is around 8.2 billion ... and GHS-POP) that map the planet in evenly spaced, high-resolution grid cells with population counts based on ...

Currently, the UN estimates the world population to be about 8.2 billion ... Researchers assessed the five most widely used global population datasets that map the planet into evenly spaced, ...

Official population estimates published by the UN and the World Bank rely on the same national censuses that are the basis for the population maps. According to Láng-Ritter, the findings suggest that ...

Spatial intelligence will use AI to bring context to places. But the infrastructure behind it is raising big questions.

Researchers developed an algorithm that maps human genetic diversity and ancestry to better understand population history.

food safety and population. She has covered the persecution of religions in the global south, fertility and birth rate issues around the world, multiple disease outbreaks in the U.S. and ongoing ...

According to the World Population Review, France has the highest number of castles in 2025, 45,000. Second is Italy with less ...

Could the World’s Population Be Much Higher Than We Thought ... But rural areas are harder to map, and the data we have is often incomplete. In remote regions, census takers may struggle to reach ...