As 2026 dawned, here’s how commemorations looked around the world: People celebrating in Times Square. Confetti falling on ...

As the U.S. prepares to celebrate New Year's Eve on Wednesday, millions of people around the world have been ringing in 2026.

From Bethlehem to Beijing, people around the world are celebrating the Christmas season. A polar bear mascot boards an ...

Almost two billion people around the world voted in 2024—the ultimate election year, which has seen polls for national office held in more than 60 countries (as well as the European Union), ...

The global fertility rate has, on average, dropped to less than half what it was in the 1960s, according to the United Nations. The global fertility rate has, on average, dropped to less than half ...

Millions of people around the world have cast ballots in elections this year in over 30 countries in an era of democracy and decline and authoritarianism on the rise. It's also a chance to check in ...

This Pew Research Center analysis examines what people see as the best age to get married, have a first child, buy a home and retire. It draws on nationally representative surveys of 23,022 adults ...

3 November 2025 - As preparations intensify for the Second World Summit for Social Development, to be held from 4 to 6 November 2025, the Accelerating Social Progress campaign invited people from all ...

For millions of people around the world, especially in the United States and Europe, Halloween is one of the most enjoyable and atmospheric times of the year. People of all ages dress up in scary ...

This report describes the world’s religious makeup in 2020 and how it changed from 2010. We focus on seven categories: Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, people who belong to other ...

In their new book After the Spike, demographers Dean Spears and Michael Geruso make the counterintuitive case for worrying less about overpopulation and more about depopulation. Comparing it to ...