The work has humanitarian applications, but it could also benefit Facebook’s commercial interests The work has humanitarian applications, but it could also benefit Facebook’s commercial interests is a ...

Population decline and expansion in various countries is changing the global demographic and could affect the balance of economic activity.

The BBC reported this weekend on a new program by Sheffield University researchers that distorts geographic maps with population data. The series of cartographic designs emphasizes areas with ...

Population density maps are always good fun. And this one showing US states is no exception. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content. As ...

The map of the world has been redrawn in a new atlas which uses population rather than land mass to illustrate the size and shape of each country. Researchers from the University of Sheffield created ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Land covers 196.9 million square miles of the planet, which is broken up into 196 countries that are home to 7.125 billion people. With so much land available on Earth you would think people are ...