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The current world population growth is approximately 1.09%. [5] People under 15 years of age made up over a quarter of the world population (25.18%), and people age 65 and over made up nearly ten percent (9.69%) in 2021. [5] The world's literacy rate has increased dramatically in the last 40 years, from 66.7% in 1979 to 86.3% today. [13]
Statistical subregions as defined by the United Nations Statistics Division [1]. This is the 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.
Map showing countries where the ethnicity or race of people was enumerated in at least one census since 1991 [needs update]. Many countries and national censuses currently enumerate or have previously enumerated their populations by race, ethnicity, nationality, or a combination of these characteristics.
The Census Bureau showed a population increase of 0.98% for the twelve-month period ending in July 2024, [3] slightly below the world estimated annual growth rate of 1.03%. [21] By several metrics, including racial and ethnic background, religious affiliation, and percentage of rural and urban divide, the state of Illinois is the most ...
The U.S. Census Bureau will have new categories for race and ethnicity for the first time in 27 years, directly affecting people who identify as Hispanic, Latino, Middle Eastern and North African.
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The following article lists sovereign states, dependent territories and some quasi-states according to their proportional ethnic population composition. Ethnic classifications vary from country to country and are therefore not comparable across countries.
Map showing the population density in India, per 2011 Census. [99] India occupies 2.41% of the world's land area but supports over 18% of the world's population. At the 2001 census 72.2% of the population [100] lived in about 638,000 villages [101] and the remaining 27.8% [100] lived in more than 5,100 towns and over 380 urban agglomerations. [102]