{
  "title": "HowManyRightNow Population Intelligence 2026",
  "reviewed": "2026-09-06",
  "source": {
    "name": "United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division — World Population Prospects 2024",
    "shortName": "UN World Population Prospects 2024",
    "url": "https://population.un.org/wpp/",
    "dataPortalUrl": "https://population.un.org/dataportal/",
    "methodologyUrl": "https://population.un.org/wpp/Methodology/",
    "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/",
    "revision": "2024 Revision",
    "variant": "Medium variant",
    "coverage": "237 countries or areas; estimates and projections from 1950 to 2100",
    "evidence": "1,910 population censuses and 3,189 nationally representative sample surveys, alongside vital-registration and other demographic systems"
  },
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    "population": "All ages and both sexes at 1 July of the stated year",
    "annualChangePct": "Percentage change from the preceding mid-year population",
    "netChange": "Absolute annual population change, including natural change and net migration",
    "density": "People per square kilometre of land area",
    "worldShare": "Country population as a percentage of the world population"
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