As the theme of this year’s World Population Day reminds us, investing in data collection is important to understanding problems, tailoring solutions, and driving progress. So is finance.

The world population increased by more than 71 million people in 2024 and will be 8.09 billion people on New Year's Day, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released Monday. The 0.9% ...

In a report released on World Population Day, the U.N. also said global population growth fell below 1 percent in 2020 for the first time since 1950. According to the latest U.N. projections ...