population

Perhaps the most significant takeaway is that renters are getting older, even if younger adults still make up the largest share of the renting population.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

A monograph by Yi Fuxian, a University of Wisconsin-Madison demographer and longtime critic of China’s population policies, argues that China’s actual population may be closer to 1.27 billion—not the 1.4 billion officially reported.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

It reaches more than 20% of the adult population in Afghanistan each week with news and other output, including educational programming aimed at girls who have been banned from secondary schools.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

The couple both immigrated to the U.S. in the shadow of the country’s one-child policy, a population suppression initiative.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

To catch it, you must be part of the 5 percent of the population without immunity, and you must be in prolonged physical contact with someone who is sick.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Further studies will be needed to determine how well it performs across different populations, eating patterns, and microbiome compositions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

The rate of lactose intolerance is higher in certain populations, such as Africans, Asians, and Latinos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Working with the Zoological Society of London, WWF tracks nearly 36,000 populations of almost 6,000 species of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The Drimolen fossils also help researchers compare P. robustus populations separated by about 200,000 years.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

With the rise of dense, sedentary, food-producing populations came the rise of chiefs, kings, and bureaucrats.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond