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23 hours ago · List of countries by population (United Nations) This is a list of countries and other inhabited territories of the world by total population, based on estimates published by the United Nations in the 2024 revision of World Population Prospects. It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present. [2]
Sep 19, 2024 · NAIROBI, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- The climate crisis that is devastating Africa's economies, ecosystems, and livelihoods could escalate in the light of rapid population growth, a think tank has found. As per a new study by the African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) released on Wednesday, stabilizing the continent's population could be ...
23 hours ago · West Africa, or Western Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa.The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo, as well as Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom Overseas Territory).
23 hours ago · The population of Central America is estimated at 50,956,791 as of 2021. [40] [41] With an area of 523,780 square kilometers (202,230 sq mi), [42] it has a population density of 97.3 per square kilometre (252 per square mile). Human Development Index values are from the estimates for 2017.
23 hours ago · Between 1950 and 2020, Turkey's population more than quadrupled from 20.9 million to 83.6 million; [403] however, the population growth rate was 0.1% in 2023. [8] In 2023, the total fertility rate was 1.51 children per woman, below the replacement rate of 2.10 per woman . [ 404 ]
23 hours ago · Its economic growth rate reached 6.2% in 2010 (the fastest growth for eight years after significant growth by 7.2% in 2002), [204] a sharp recovery from economic growth rates of 2.3% in 2008 and 0.2% in 2009 during the Great Recession. The unemployment rate also remained low in 2009 at 3.6%.
23 hours ago · In 2024, it had a population of 672,050, which makes it one of the least-populated countries in Europe, [16] albeit with the highest population growth rate; [17] foreigners account for nearly half the population. [18]
