Ahead of the Jewish New Year, the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday published population statistics, according to which Israel's population was over 10 million by the end of 2024. The ...

Claims of pyramids on the Kola Peninsula suggest a civilization building monuments 40,000 years ago. But research shows the images used actually depict glacial mountains in the Faroe Islands, shaped ...

This post was updated on April 2, 2020, thanks to new data obtained on that date. In an earlier post, I described the state of bilingualism in the United States (see here). The U.S. Census Bureau does ...

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U.S. student loan debt totals $1.77 trillion, and the average undergraduate borrower owes $29,300. Here are the key student debt statistics to know for 2025. Many, or all, of the products featured on ...

Uganda is a low-income country with a population of 45.9 million (2024), although the UN Population Division’s estimate is 50 million. Half the population is under 18, making it one of the youngest ...

The World Bank’s Poverty and Shared Prosperity series provides the latest estimates and trends in global poverty and shared prosperity. The 2022 edition provides the first comprehensive look at the ...

Pew Research Center’s 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study was designed to paint a statistical portrait of religion in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. How religious is your state? Select a ...

Ancient Egyptians believed death marked the beginning of a journey to eternal life. Learn more at Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt at the National Museum of Natural History, and explore related ...

Hospitals have also seen a surge in trolley waits since before the pandemic. These occur when a patient is seen as needing further treatment but a hospital is unable to find a ward bed immediately. In ...