Americans support banning TikTok by a more than two-to-one margin, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.

47% of U.S. adults say tensions between China and Taiwan are a very serious problem for the U.S., up 19 points since February 2021.

Focus groups with young adults in France, Germany and the United Kingdom revealed that these young people see the U.S. as the “world’s policeman” with a self-interested history of interventionism, while China is labeled the “world’s factory,” respected for its economic dominance but criticized for its expansionism and human rights violations.

Incidents against Jewish people in 2020 ranged from verbal and physical assaults to vandalism of cemeteries and scapegoating for the pandemic.

India is poised to become the world’s most populous country this year; its population has more than doubled since 1950.

The number of international migrants grew to 281 million in 2020; 3.6% of the world’s people lived outside their country of birth that year.

Most think social media has made it easier to manipulate and divide people, but they also say it informs and raises awareness.

People in advanced and emerging economies have mixed feelings about social media’s impact on political life.

China has had the world's largest population since at least 1950 but is now projected to experience an absolute decline as early as 2023.

Our study analyzes 198 countries and territories and is based on policies and events in 2020, the most recent year for which data is available.