NEW DELHI (IANS) – India’s population is projected to reach 1.46 billion in 2025, making it the world’s most populous nation, according to the United Nations Population Fund’s State of World ...

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Singapore is the most religiously diverse country, and Yemen the least, as of 2020. The U.S. ranks first among nations with large populations.

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The consistency of the global pattern shows how hard these trend lines are to budge. Several nations have preceded the U.S. in confronting birthrate declines, and both traditionalist societies, where ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Rhode Island’s population is growing, but not from the nursery. The state’s total number of residents rose 1.6% to just over 1.1 million during the past five years. Deaths ...

WASHINGTON (TNND) — Population growth in the U.S. "slowed significantly" during the last year, as it reached its lowest rate since the early COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Census Bureau announced. The ...

The Census Bureau’s first snapshot of population data for 2025 confirms some big trends, like a major shift in immigration as the U.S. cracks down on border crossings and steps up deportations. The ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - U.S. population growth has slowed to its lowest rate since the COVID-19 pandemic, in line with a historic drop in migration worldwide, federal government data released ...