Number of immigrants in EU reaches record high of 64.2 million in 2025The European Union saw a record 64.2 million immigrants in 2025. This is a significant increase from previous years. Germany remains the to...
23 Apr, 2026, 09.42 AM IST
India's population touches 1.46 billion, fertility drops below replacement rate: UNA new UN report projects India's population to reach 1.46 billion in 2025, surpassing all nations, while its fertility rate dips below repl...
10 Jun, 2025, 01.13 PM IST
Pakistan's population projected to reach 400 million by 2092: UN ReportA UN report on Pakistan's population growth projects a rise to 404.68 million by 2092, surpassing Indonesia by 2048. With a current growth ...
12 Jul, 2024, 05.59 PM IST
Nearly half of the world's migratory species are in decline, UN report saysA United Nations report reveals that almost half of the world's migratory species, including songbirds, sea turtles, whales, and sharks, ar...
12 Feb, 2024, 02.41 PM IST
India set to dethrone China, become world's most populous nation with population of 1.425 billion by end of month: UNChina's population reached its peak size of 1.426 billion in 2022 and has started to fall. Projections indicate that the "size of the Chine...
25 Apr, 2023, 11.24 AM IST
India overtakes China to become world's most populous nation with with 1.428 billion people: UNAccording to a new UNFPA report, 25 per cent of India's population is in the age group of 0-14 years, 18 per cent in the 10 to 19 age group...
20 Apr, 2023, 05.43 PM IST
India's population expected to rise for next three decades before starting to decline: UN projectionsChina now has a population of 142.57 crore, thus being the second most populous country, the UN world population dashboard showed. Accordin...
19 Apr, 2023, 11.08 PM IST
India becomes the most populated: A dividend or a damper?Unlike India's other global scores — the world's fastest growing economy, for instance — this one is not decidedly a proud achievement for ...
19 Apr, 2023, 09.53 PM IST
When exactly will India surpass China as most populous?Demographers are unsure exactly when India will take the title as the most populous nation in the world because they're relying on estimate...
10 Apr, 2023, 08.20 PM IST
Major Himalayan rivers like Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra will see their flows reduced as glaciers recede: UN ChiefIn Asia, 10 major rivers originate in the Himalaya region, supplying freshwater to 1.3 billion people living in its watershed. "As glaciers...
23 Mar, 2023, 07.50 AM IST
India poised to become world's most populous country this year: ReportAccording to the report, the UN expects that India will overtake China in April, though it may have already reached this milestone since th...
10 Feb, 2023, 11.03 PM IST
India to surpass China as most-populous nation in 2023The UN expects global population to hit 8 billion on Nov. 15 and grow to 8.5 billion by 2030. More than half the projected rise between now...
12 Jul, 2022, 05.35 AM IST
World Population Day 2022: From China to Vatican City, significance of the day in numbersThe day was first celebrated in July 1987 coinciding with the day the world reached 5 bn.
11 Jul, 2022, 06.12 PM IST
India may overtake China as most populous country sooner than UN projections of 2027: ReportIndia is expected to add nearly 273 million people to its population between now and 2050, a UN report said in 2019, forecasting that the c...
12 May, 2021, 08.08 PM IST
View: India needs to focus more on better policing than number of police personnelIndia has the largest police force in the world. The country has, as on January 1, 2019, more than 20 lakh police personnel. About 50 lakh ...
31 Dec, 2020, 11.40 PM IST
India to provide unique ID card to persons with disabilitiesThis would also enable govt to have genuine and real time data on disability covering various aspects such as level of education, income, e...
15 Jun, 2016, 01.26 PM IST
Rajnath Singh for addressing concerns of adolescent,youth populationThe representatives of UN agencies thanked the RGI and the Government of India for bringing them together on the issues of youth.
17 Jul, 2014, 04.44 PM IST