The AP analysis found that between 1983 and 2016,exposure to dangerous heat tripled and now affects about a quarter of the world’s population. The most affected region,by far,was southern Asia, where ...

Governments, international bodies and researchers rely on global population data for resource allocation and infrastructure planning to disease epidemiology and disaster risk management.

As the theme of this year’s World Population Day reminds us, investing in data collection is important to understanding problems, tailoring solutions, and driving progress. So is finance.