Image: on imf.orgGlobal recovery is steady but slow and differs by regionThe baseline forecast is for the world economy to continue growing at 3.2 percent during 2024 and 2025, at the same pace as in 2023. A slight acceleration...
Image: AndreusK on iStockLuis RubioDecisive moments in people's lives and nations' histories determine the beginning of one era and the end of another. The coming election on June 2 will be one of these. This is neither good nor...
Photo: Jim Vallee on ShutterstockAntonio NavalónFor many years - long after the destruction of the Second Temple, that of Solomon - people have always lived with conviction, and it is written in the Bible that the day the Third...
Graph: on ourworldindata.org1950#CountryPopulation(1950)WorldShare2023Rank1China543,979,23321.8 %(2)2India357,021,10014.3 %(1)3United States148,281,5505.9 %(3)4Russia102,580,1074.1 %(9)5Japan84,353,0493.4 %(12)6Germany70,964,0952.8 %(19)7Indonesia69,567,6192.8 %(4)8Brazil53,955,3592.2 %(7)9United Kingdom50,055,0652 %(21)10Italy46,391,9381.9 %(25)11France41,842,3551.7 %(23)12Bangladesh39,728,5351.6 %(8)13Pakistan37,696,2641.5 %(5)14Ukraine37,302,9961.5 %(41)15Nigeria37,189,3691.5 %(6)16Spain28,069,6941.1 %(32)17Mexico27,600,1331.1 %(10)18Vietnam25,109,2001 %(16)19Poland24,786,2361 %(37)20Egypt21,150,0580.8 %(14)Data: on worldometers.info2023#CountryPopulation(2023)YearlyChangeWorldShare1India1,428,627,6630.81 %17.8 %2China1,425,671,352-0.02 %17.7 %3United States339,996,5630.5 %4.2 %4Indonesia277,534,1220.74 %3.4 %5Pakistan240,485,6581.98 %3 %6Nigeria223,804,6322.41 %2.8...
Map: on mapsoftheworld.com#CountryTot. Area(Km²)Tot. Area(mi²)Land Area(Km²)Land Area(mi²)% of worldlandmass1Russia17,098,2426,601,66516,376,8706,323,14211.0 %2Canada9,984,6703,855,1019,093,5103,511,0226.1 %3China9,706,9613,747,8779,388,2113,624,8076.3 %4United States9,372,6103,618,7839,147,4203,531,8376.1 %5Brazil8,515,7673,287,9558,358,1403,227,0955.6 %6Australia7,692,0242,969,9067,682,3002,966,1515.2 %7India3,287,5901,269,3452,973,1901,147,9552.0 %8Argentina2,780,4001,073,5182,736,6901,056,6411.8 %9Kazakhstan2,724,9001,052,0892,699,7001,042,3601.8 %10Algeria2,381,741919,5952,381,740919,5951.6 %11DR Congo2,344,858905,3542,267,050875,3131.5 %12Greenland2,166,086836,330410,450158,4760.3 %13Saudi Arabia2,149,690830,0002,149,690830,0001.4 %14Mexico1,964,375758,4491,943,950750,5631.3 %15Indonesia1,904,569735,3581,811,570699,4511.2 %16Sudan1,886,068728,2151,765,048681,4891.2 %17Libya1,759,540679,3621,759,540679,3621.2 %18Iran1,648,195636,3711,628,550628,7861.1 %19Mongolia1,564,110603,9061,553,560599,8331.0 %20Peru1,285,216496,2241,280,000494,2110.9 %21Chad1,284,000495,7551,259,200486,1800.8 %22Niger1,267,000489,1911,266,700489,0750.9 %23Angola1,246,700481,3531,246,700481,3530.8 %24Mali1,240,192478,8411,220,190471,1180.8 %25South Africa1,221,037471,4451,213,090468,3760.8 %26Colombia1,141,748440,8311,109,500428,3800.7 %27Ethiopia1,104,300426,3721,000,000386,1020.7...
Photo: Photomaster on ShutterstockFederico Reyes HerolesIt is not true; it is false that if you do not work, then you cannot have a good standard of living. That is the discourse of the past. Here, the government, the Mexican...
Time to rethink retirementWhen my mom passed away in 2012, my dad started to decline quickly, and my brother and I had to go through my parents’ bills and finances.Both my mom and dad worked great jobs for 50...