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  2. World - Wikipedia

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    The world is the totality of entities, the whole of reality, or everything that exists. [1] The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the world as unique while others talk of a "plurality of worlds". Some treat the world as one simple object while others analyze the world as a complex ...

  3. List of continents and continental subregions by population

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    List of continents and continental subregions by population. This is a list of continents and continental subregions by population. World population by continent, 2021. Asia (59.4%) Africa (17.6%) Europe (9.4%) North America (7.5%) South America (5.5%)

  4. List of largest cities - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese municipality of Chongqing, which is the largest city proper in the world by population, comprises a huge administrative area of 82,403 km 2, around the size of Austria. However, more than 70% of its 30-million population are actually agricultural workers living in a rural setting. Urban area

  5. Jewish population by country - Wikipedia

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    Australia (1%) Brazil (1%) Mexico (1%) Ukraine (1%) Hungary (1%) Other (1%) As of 2023, the world's core Jewish population (those identifying as Jews above all else) was estimated at 15.7 million, which is approximately 0.2% of the 8 billion worldwide population. Israel hosts the largest core Jewish population in the world with 7.2 million ...

  6. List of religious populations - Wikipedia

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    The list of religious populations article provides a comprehensive overview of the distribution and size of religious groups around the world. This article aims to present statistical information on the number of adherents to various religions, including major faiths such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and others, as well as smaller religious communities.

  7. World Population Day - Wikipedia

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    World Population Day. World Population Day is an annual event, observed on July 11 every year, which seeks to raise awareness of global population issues. The event was established by the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989. [2] It was inspired by the public interest in Five Billion Day on July 11, 1987, the ...

  8. Eye color - Wikipedia

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    Eye color. Eye color is a polygenic phenotypic trait determined by two factors: the pigmentation of the eye 's iris [1] [2] and the frequency-dependence of the scattering of light by the turbid medium in the stroma of the iris. [3] : 9. In humans, the pigmentation of the iris varies from light brown to black, depending on the concentration of ...

  9. Projections of population growth - Wikipedia

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    The table below shows that from 2020 to 2050 and beyond to 2100, the bulk of the world's population growth is projected to take place in Africa. Of the additional 1.9 billion people projected between 2020 and 2050, 1.2 billion will be added in Africa, 0.7 billion in Asia and zero in the rest of the world.