25 million people in Australia
Australia is a very large island-continent, but it is practically empty. Indeed, with barely more than 3 inhabitants per km2, it is mostly desert.…
Graeme Villeret
Novelist. Creator and editor of PopulationData.net.
Mandela Day
Today we are celebrating the centenary of the birth of Nelson Mandela. The “Mandela Day”. Mandela will always embody the struggle against oppression, resistance,…
Canada’s population surpasses 37 million
Canada has just passed the 37 million mark. Its population growth has improved slightly over the past year, rising to + 1.38% per year.…
Koreas: historic meeting between the two leaders of north and south
The two leaders of North Korea and South Korea met Friday, April 27. Kim Jong-un, for the north, and Moon Jae-in, for the south,…
Swaziland changes its name
Swaziland has just decided to change its name on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of its independence. It will henceforth be called eSwatini,…
More than 600,000 inhabitants in Luxembourg
Just a few years after having crossed the threshold of 500 000 inhabitants (2010), Luxembourg has just crossed a new important demographic threshold. As…
Miguel Díaz-Canel, new president of Cuba
A page has turned in Cuba. The country has just appointed a new president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, 58, replacing his predecessor Raúl Castro, 86, former…
Death Penalty is falling in the world
Amnesty International released its annual report on the death penalty around the world yesterday (12 April). It appears that 993 executions were recorded in…
Martin Luther King was murdered 50 years ago
Fifty years ago today, Martin Luther King was murdered in Memphis. He fought for human rights, including the civil rights of African Americans, but…
One billion people in the Americas
The American continent, which extends from Canada‘s Great North to the southernmost tip of Chile, now has more than one billion inhabitants. The Americas…