About eight billion people live on planet Earth, a milestone that the United Nations estimated we passed on Nov. 15, 2022. It's a stark increase from the world population in 1950, which was 2.5 ...

As of May 2023, India is the most populous country in the world. According to the United Nations, India surpassed its neighbor China, which was previously the world’s most populous nation, in late ...

India will soon become the world’s most populous nation, ending the long-held title that China has had since the 1950s, when the United Nations started maintaining population records. By mid-2023, ...