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- Visualising World Population Data in Python with Plotly https://techarena51.com/blog/how-to-visualise-data-in-python-3-with-plotly/ 2 comments
- India is now world’s most populous country, suggests UN data https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-overtakes-china-as-world-s-most-populous-country-with-2-9-million-more-people-says-un-report-101681880853544.html 4 comments worldnews
- Striking Data Shows How China's Population Compares With The Rest Of The World https://www.ibtimes.com/striking-data-shows-how-chinas-population-compares-rest-world-3150500 6 comments worldnews
- Israeli data shows world's Jewish population now as high as in 1925 https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjqumhysd 48 comments worldnews
- Why the end of the world isn't nigh. A data driven analysis on the myth of over population http://www.businessinsider.com/the-world-is-not-headed-for-disaster-2013-4 3 comments politics
- Asteroid 2024 YR4 could hit one of the world’s most populated regions, new NASA data shows https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/02/19/asteroid-2024-yr4-could-hit-one-of-the-worlds-most-populated-regions-new-nasa-data-shows 36 comments worldnews
- Revised world population data shows growing decline in developed nations https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/revised-world-population-data-shows-growing-decline-in-developed-nations,14745 9 comments worldnews
- World Population Data Sheet 2022 Highlights Nearly 15 million excess deaths occurred globally in 2020-2021 Due to COVID-19 http://sdg.iisd.org/news/world-population-data-sheet-2022-highlights-excess-deaths-due-to-covid-19/ 5 comments worldnews
- The World’s Population just hit 8 Billion People — Is it Time to Panic? A historic event. But the data shows a concerning trend. https://medium.com/@contxmedia/the-worlds-population-just-hit-8-billion-people-is-it-time-to-panic-638813dfdb74 728 comments futurology
- California has just 3% of India’s population, but 125% of its GDP: Data analysis shows that the Indian economy is projected to become the world's third largest by 2030. http://scroll.in/article/810611/california-has-just-3-of-indias-population-but-125-of-its-gdp 92 comments india
- Data from the Global Terrorism Database shows though US accounts for 4-5% of World population they make up ~2% of mass shooters, not 31%, as previously suggested. https://crimeresearch.org/2018/08/new-cprc-research-how-a-botched-study-fooled-the-world-about-the-u-s-share-of-mass-public-shootings-u-s-rate-is-lower-than-global-average/ 28 comments science
- An estimated 1.7 billion people, 22% of the world population, have at least one underlying health condition that could increase their risk of severe COVID-19 if infected, according to a study that uses data from 188 countries https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/news/2020/estimates-suggest-one-five-people-worldwide-have-underlying-health-condition 1345 comments science
- Nearly a quarter of the world’s population experienced a record hot year in 2021, as the climate crisis continues to unleash escalating temperatures around the globe, according to new data from leading US climate scientists. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/13/hot-year-temperatures-climate-crisis-2021 4 comments environment
- South America is winning the global vaccination race | South America is now the most vaccinated region in the world, with 63.3% of the population fully inoculated, according to the Our World in Data project, which collects official numbers from governments worldwide. https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/south-america-battered-by-covid-19-now-winning-global-vaccination-race-2021-12-28/ 37 comments worldnews
- Amazon has filed plans to offer broadband access from orbit with 3,236 satellites in low Earth orbit, including 784 satellites at 367 miles altitude; 1,296 at 379 miles; and 1,156 at 391 miles. Amazon said satellites would provide data coverage in regions containing about 95% of world population. https://www.geekwire.com/2019/amazon-project-kuiper-broadband-satellite/ 296 comments worldnews
- African elephants 'killed faster than they are being born': The new data, released on UN world wildlife day on Thursday, shows about 60% of elephant deaths are at the hands of poachers, meaning the overall population is most likely to be falling. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/03/african-elephants-killed-faster-than-they-are-being-born 210 comments worldnews
- After the examination of 2.6 million hours of field data from studies of 19 populations of wild animals from around the world, researchers discovered that wild animals are evolving much faster -two to four times- than previously thought https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/wild-animals-evolving-much-faster-than-previously-thought 69 comments science
- 72% of people whose genetic data is used in studies came from just 3 countries: the UK (40%), the US (19%), and Iceland (12%). Meanwhile, 76% of the world's population lives in Africa and Asia. For precision medicine to be effective, more diverse participants are needed. https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-018-0261-x 183 comments science
- A 'perfect demographic storm' is crippling Russia: UN Population Division data indicates that while just about every other country in the world is growing its working age population, Russia isn't. Yale says it will shrink by 15% by 2060 http://www.techinsider.io/a-perfect-demographic-storm-is-crippling-russia-2015-9 6 comments europe
- One-quarter of the world's population is facing "extremely high water stress", a newly published ranking has revealed.Qatar, Israel, India, Pakistan, or Iran are among the most water-stressed countries, according to the new data, drinking up an average of 80% of available water resources every year. https://www.euronews.com/2019/08/07/a-quarter-of-the-world-s-population-under-extremely-high-water-stress-new-data-shows 22 comments worldnews