The world’s total population has increased three-fold since the middle of the 20th century, and the Asian continent has played a major role in this population increase. The Asia and the Pacific region ...

The United Nation's latest global population projection predicts there will be 8 billion people on the planet by November this year, and 8.5 billion by 2050. Unfortunately, Central and Southern Asia ...

The population of Asia today is five times what it was three centuries ago. In 1950 the world population was 2.5 billion people and that of Asia 1.4 billion people. Rates of growth have been high.

Tim Miller, Global Adviser on Population and Development, Population Division, DESA and Mun Sim Lai, Population Affairs Officer, Population Division, DESA ...

A study led by research groups of Prof. FU Qiaomei from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Prof. ZHANG Hucai from Yunnan ...

Hindus are the fourth-largest religious category, after Christians, Muslims and religiously unaffiliated people. The Asia-Pacific region is home to 99% of the global Hindu population, with around 95% ...