The Philippines could register its slowest population growth this year, but even that cannot guarantee that the country can start reaping the demographic dividend anytime soon. Based on the latest estimate from Population and Development (Popcom), only 324,000 Filipinos, a 0.3 percent increase in the country’s population, are expected thisRead More →
Mathematicians analyzed global COVID-19 data to identify two constants that can dramatically change a country’s infection rate. An international team of researchers led by Professor Alexander Gorban of the University of Leicester used available data from 13 countries to determine the rate of stress response, or “mobilization” and the rateRead More →
Mathematicians analyzed global COVID-19 data to identify two constants that can drastically alter a country’s infection rate. An international team of researchers led by Professor Alexander Gorban of the University of Leicester used available data from 13 countries to determine the rate of stress response, or “mobilization”, and the rateRead More →
The pace of population growth around the world is slowing down, so much so that the 21st century may be the last where the digital presence of our species increases year on year. This is one of the highlights of the most recent revision of the World Population Prospects, releasedRead More →
The rate of population growth around the world is slowing, so much so that the 21st century could be the last where the numerical presence of our species increases year on year. This is one of the highlights of the latest revision of the World Population Prospects, released earlier thisRead More →