The areas where 95% of the population live

The global population is more than three times larger than it was in the mid-twentieth century. The world’s human population surpassed 8 billion in mid-November 2022 from an assessed 2.5 billion people in 1950, adding 1 billion people since 2010 and 2 billion since 1998. The global population is predicted to increase by nearly 2 billion persons in the next 30 years, from the present 8 billion to 9.7 billion in 2050 and could culminate at about 10.4 billion in the mid-2080s.

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Moose population in North America mapped

Moose populate boreal, mixed, and temperate broadleaf forests. In North America, the moose range covers all of Canada and Alaska, north of New England and upstate New York, the upper Rocky Mountains, northern Minnesota, north of Wisconsin, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and Isle Royale. The North American moose population is about 1 million animals.

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Where palm trees are found in the United States

Fourteen species of palms, belonging to 9 genera, are native to the United States. Only one occurs in the West; the others are naturally distributed in the southeastern and southern states—from North Carolina through Florida and the Gulf Coast into Texas and as far inland as Arkansas and southeastern Oklahoma. Some of them cover extensive areas. The greatest number of species occurs in Florida.

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