Ospina for Our World in Data This chart tracks the UN’s latest demographic projections for four large populations: India, ...

UN data shows India leading the world’s population charts in 2025, with China in second place and the US third.

A shrinking population will have profound consequences. It will turn expectations about everything from housing to greenhouse ...

Birth rates have dropped faster than life expectancy has increased, causing slower population growth around the world. Forecasts from the United Nations predict that world population will actually ...

Jews are the smallest religious group analyzed separately in this report, accounting for 0.2% of the global population. Most Jews live either in North America (primarily in the United States) or in ...

People aged 65 and older already make up about 15 percent of its 1.4 billion citizens, according to United Nations data.