Scientists more worried than public about world’s growing population
Over the course of history, many scientists and activists have raised alarm about population numbers that only increase every year.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Over the course of history, many scientists and activists have raised alarm about population numbers that only increase every year.
It could be a half-century (or longer) before Hispanics become a majority there, according to scaled-back state population projections.
Despite some reforms, the island country’s economy remains dominated by the government and state-owned enterprises.
Though crude oil continues to be the nation’s single biggest import, energy exports have risen sharply. Exports of some metals and agricultural products also have grown rapidly.
A record 33.2 million Hispanics in the U.S. speak English proficiently. While this share of Hispanics has been growing, the share that speaks Spanish at home has been declining over the past 13 years.
Mexico’s 3,819 deportations of unaccompanied minors from Central America during the first five months of fiscal year 2015 represent a 56% increase over the same period a year earlier.
The American public’s generally favorable view of labor unions hasn’t stopped, or even slowed, union membership’s long decline.
While most Americans continue to favor the death penalty for murder convictions, far fewer people are receiving death sentences than in years past.
Although the U.S. has long had a sizable black population as a legacy of slavery, voluntary black immigration here is projected to grow in coming decades.
A 2014 Pew Research Center survey of 43 countries showed that a median of 65% of people in Latin America had a positive view of the U.S.