Earth.com12d
Millions of people in rural areas are missing from global population data
Global population data undercounts rural communities by up to 84%, impacting resource allocation and planning.
El Adelantado de Segovia8d
Neither 5 nor 8 million – A group of scientists has done the math and the world’s population could be very different from what we thought
In November 2022, the UN announced that the global population had reached 8 billion people. While these numbers are just ...
The Independent on MSN7d
There could be billions more people on Earth than previously thought
There could be billions more people living on Earth than currently thought, according to a new study which claims rural ...
ZME Science on MSN14d
Are There Billions More People Than We Thought? Controversial Study Suggests Rural Population May Be Undercounted by 50%
With nearly half of the world’s population still living in rural areas, accurate data is paramount for achieving the United ...
AOL.co.uk8d
There could be billions more people on Earth than previously thought
Researchers assessed the five most widely used global population datasets that map the planet into evenly spaced, high-resolution grid cells with population counts based on census data.
Kauppalehti9d
EMBARGO: “Significant proportion” of world’s rural population missing from global estimates, says study
In their study, the Aalto University researchers compared the five most widely used global population datasets*— maps that divide the planet into evenly spaced, high-resolution grid cells with ...