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.

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

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.

Nearly a quarter of countries used force to prevent religious gatherings during the pandemic; other government restrictions and social hostilities related to religion remained fairly stable.

For more than a decade, Pew Research Center has been tracking global patterns in restrictions on religion – both those imposed by governments and hostilities committed by individuals and social groups.

Immigrants who qualify for TPS are living in the U.S. and come from designated nations deemed unsafe to return to.

Here’s how people in the U.S. and elsewhere have viewed the troop evacuation and its aftermath, and their broader attitudes about the war.

A median of 68% across 19 countries think their country has done a good job dealing with the coronavirus outbreak, with majorities saying this in every country surveyed except Japan. However, most also believe the pandemic has created greater divisions in their societies and exposed weaknesses in their political systems – and these view are especially common in the U.S.

In his second year in office, Joe Biden receives generally positive ratings in the 18 countries surveyed in spring 2022.

As of August 2022, the College of Cardinals will have 132 voting members, 40% of whom are European, down from 52% in 2013.