Muscat, Oman - The population of the six GCC countries reached 57.6 million in 2023, compared to 56.6 million in 2022. Males accounted for 62.4% of the total population, while females made up 37.6%. The report also indicates that the population density was 23.9 people per square kilometre, with the...

A tech-savvy population sees cryptocurrencies a safe investment option as governments adopt progressive regulatory frameworks, offering innovation and investor protection.

BEIJING, CHINA - China's economic slowdown is likely to persist in the coming years as the Asian giant struggles with sagging productivity and a rapidly aging population, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday. The world's second-largest economy last year saw some of its slowest growth in decades, as a...

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia on Monday launched "Youth Development Strategy" to help its youth to play a critical role in the national economy, who, according to the kingdom's Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, Eng. Ahmed Al-Rajhi, constitute 44% of the population and 78% of the workforce...

DUBAI, UAE – Egypt stands as the most populous Arab country with 113 million people, marking it the 14th largest population worldwide, according to a recent overview by the World Population Review and Worldometer. The data, highlighting population sizes of various countries worldwide, pointed out that the global population has...

DUBAI, UAE - According to World Health Organization data, 99 percent of the world’s population lives in places where air pollution levels exceed WHO guideline limits. Exposure to air pollution increases the risk of respiratory diseases, stroke, heart attacks, diabetes and links to dementia. Children are also highly susceptible to...

Across the arid region, in which conventional agriculture is beset by many challenges, insect farming for livestock feed is perceived as a sustainable path for a secure food supply.

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Monday for "unhindered access" for humanitarian aid to enter Gaza, in a telephone call with his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the Kremlin said. According to a readout of the call from the Kremlin, the two leaders "expressed serious concern...

The UN's World Food Programme expressed concern over the mounting challenges civilians, including vulnerable children and families, face in accessing essential food supplies, with food distribution networks disrupted by hostilities. The WFP is concerned about stocks in food shops and the impact of power cuts in the Gaza Strip.

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL – The total global Jewish population rose to 15.7 million over the last year, while the number of those living in Israel hit 7.2 million, the Jewish Agency said. The agency’s data showed that the global Jewish population grew by some 100,000 over the past year. Israel...

Around 100 million more people are able to access the internet since last year's census by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the UN agency for information and communication technologies.

Cairo, Egypt -- Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called Tuesday for measures to slow the birthrate in the Arab world's most populous country, citing China's one-child  policy as an example. "We need 400,000 births per year," said the leader of the country of 105 million inhabitants which recorded nearly 2.2 million...

Dubai, UAE--The UAE's financial advisory market is expected to reach a market volume of nearly $239 billion by the end of this year. According to Bas Kooijman, CEO and Asset Manager of DHF Capital S.A., the UAE's ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWI) demographic is projected to grow at a compound annual growth...

"The 2022 Saudi census marks the "most comprehensive and precise population survey conducted in the Kingdom's history," the General Authority of Statistics said. It set the total population of the country at 32.2 million: 58.4 per cent Saudi nationals and most others from South Asia or elsewhere in the MENA...

India's population will be 1.4286 billion compared to China's 1.4257 billion at mid-year, the United Nations Population Fund's State of World Population report showed. China's population shrank last year for the first time in more than six decades, official data showed earlier this year.

In 2013, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed ordered the transfer of ships carrying vital petroleum commodities via Mediterranean to Egypt to help it overcome the crisis, says El Sisi at WGS.

After almost three years of stringent health restrictions, Beijing in December abruptly ended the zero-Covid policy that had battered the economy and provoked widespread protests. The Asian giant posted growth of just three percent in 2022, hammered by stringent lockdowns and a deepening crisis in the key property sector.

Lebanese protesters blocked roads and burnt tires near the central bank in Beirut as the local currency plummeted to a new low against the dollar. Since 2019, Lebanon has been in an economic crisis dubbed by the World Bank as one of the worst in recent global history, pushing much...

A survey published by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia says poverty levels can reach 36 percent of the total population in 2024.

The sector gains meteoric traction, largely due to structural shift in consumer interests and partly because of the pandemic-induced accelerated digitalization, says an expert.

The country profiles -- arranged in alphabetical order -- summarize recent data, presenting statistical narratives of a country that include economic, political, sociological, environmental, and cultural factors. The profiles also include their performance in 2022 and estimations for 2023.

ROME, ITALY - The world's ability to nourish its burgeoning population is under threat and without broader socioeconomic and environmental change, sustainable agrifood systems will be impossible to achieve, according to a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) issued Saturday. The report, "The...

The UAE's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan has said that the Gulf country is determined to forge a world where prosperity is commonplace.

Proposing the creation of a Climate Solidarity Pact, bringing together developed and emerging economies to combine resources and capacities to benefit everyone on the planet, Guterres has urged wealthy nations and global financial institutions to support emerging economies.

Iran admitted for the first time that it has sent drones to Russia, but insisted they were supplied to its ally before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. "We supplied Russia with a limited number of drones months before the war in Ukraine," Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said, quoted by the...

Welcoming the report brought out by the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry, the Arab League has praised the efforts and the findings of the report, documenting Israeli violations against Palestinians, and holy sites in the occupied Palestinian territories.

The term of Michel Aoun expires at the end of October. The session will mark the first attempt by lawmakers to elect a new head of state at a time when the country is in the grips of a financial crisis described by the World Bank as one of the...

Except for the UAE and Bahrain, all GCC countries witnessed a steep decline in population. During the pandemic, the region also saw the exodus of a large number of expat workers.

In a country where few women have formal jobs, the Cairo metro’s pioneering decision to hand over the controls of trains to women has invoked mixed reactions in commuters.

Gazelles at an Iraqi wildlife reserve are dropping dead from hunger, making them the latest victims in a country where climate change is compounding hardships after years of war.

Martha Delgado, President of the UN-Habitat Assembly called for resilient, sustainable “smart cities” that are more inclusively governed and better prepared to navigate future shocks and crises.

UNESCO stated that about 99 percent of all of the liquid groundwater on Earth is groundwater, although the resource is often poorly understood or undervalued.

The SFDA said that food allergy can be best treated by avoiding the ingredients that cause it.

Around 25,000 Israeli settlers live in the Golan Heights, along with some 23,000 Druze, who remained on the land after it was seized by Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War. Israel annexed the territory on December 14, 1981, in a move not recognized by most of the international community.

Last year, China recorded 8.52 births per 1,000 people according to the 2021 Statistical Yearbook released in the past week - the lowest figure since 1978.

The Middle East’s real estate sector may benefit from the return of global population movement to pre-pandemic levels in 2024.

DUBAI: Kuwait’s population decreased by 0.9 percent in the first six months of this year to 4.62 million, as expatriate numbers continued to decline, a report said. More than 56,000 expats left the country in the first half of this year, pushing the total departures to about 190,000 since the...

Except Beirut, most Middle Eastern cities have witnessed growth in double digits in terms of population from 2015 until 2021.

Yemen is desperately short of Covid vaccines to inoculate its population, with as little as one percent of its population having received shots.

78 percent of the country's population lives in poverty, higher than last year's figure of 55 percent.

Across the region, the population and wealth of HNWIs witnessed a growth of 13.2% and 17.2% The number of millionaires in Saudi Arabia and the UAE has grown almost at par   The population of high net worth individuals (HNWIs) grew 6.8 percent to 0.8 million while their wealth grew...