International adoptions to the U.S. have slowed to a trickle, matching trends in other countries
After peaking in 2004, the annual number of international adoptions to the United States has fallen by 94% as of 2023.
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5 facts about how the world’s population is expected to change by 2100
The world’s population is expected to peak at 10.3 billion in 2084 and then decline to 10.2 billion through the end of the century.
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Many religions are heavily concentrated in a few countries
Half of the world’s population lives in just seven countries. But some of the world’s religious groups are even more concentrated than that.
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5 facts about Africa’s population growth
While global population growth is projected to slow over the rest of the century, Africa stands out for its relatively young and growing population.
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U.S. foreign aid is plunging in second Trump administration
U.S. foreign aid fell to its lowest inflation-adjusted level in over two decades in fiscal 2025, dropping to $47.3 billion — more than $24 billion less than the prior year.
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Second Trump administration has ended Temporary Protected Status for most immigrants who had it
The second Trump administration has ended Temporary Protected Status for 13 countries, affecting roughly 1 million recipients.
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Appendix B: Sources for the religious distribution of migrants, by destination country
For each destination country, this Appendix tabulates the methods of deriving the religious composition of migrant stocks from various origin countries. We only estimate the religious composition of origin-destination country pairs that appear in the United Nations’ migrant stock database. For example, for Afghanistan, the UN only provides estimates of the number of migrants from […]
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What the data says about U.S. foreign aid
The $71.9 billion in foreign aid that the government spent in fiscal year 2023 works out to 1.2% of that year’s total federal spending.
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Religious restrictions in the 25 most populous countries in 2023
India, Egypt, Pakistan, Iran and Indonesia ranked highest in overall levels of government restrictions on religion and social hostilities.
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8. Jewish migrants around the world
Jews are more likely than other major religious groups to live outside their country of birth, yet they account for just 1% of all global migrants.