world population

People look up at Christmas lights as crowds stroll around downtown Lisbon's Chiado neighborhood, on Saturday, Dec. 23, 2023.

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National

The world's population was up 75 million this year, will stand at 8 billion on Jan. 1

9:35pm December 28, 2023

by The Associated Press

The growth rate for the U.S. in the past year was 0.53%, about half the worldwide rate. The U.S. added 1.7 million people and will have a population on New Year's Day of 335.8 million people.

The crowded streets of Kolkata, India, are only going to get more crowded.

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National

11 Billion People By 2100 — And India Will Be More Populous Than China

12:04pm August 12, 2015

by Jason Beaubien

The number of people on the planet is growing at the fastest rate in history. U.N. demographers say the world's population will be up by 4 billion at the end of the century.

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Can you find Australia and Canada? The cartogram scales each country's geographic area by its population. (Click through to see a high-resolution map.)

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Science
Health & Safety

India Grows, Canada Disappears: Mapping Countries By Population

12:55pm February 06, 2015

by Michaeleen Doucleff

A cartogram posted on Reddit shows what the world looks like if you scale countries by their population. Watch out China! India is catching up with you.