Marking the birth of the 7 billionth person on earth, here are five myths challenging everything you think you know about the world's population.

North Korea's Kim Jong-Il, who passed away at the age of 69, has bequeathed a legacy of poverty and starvation to the country's subject population, and a highly uncertain future to his nominal legatees, the Communist royals of his dynastic police state.

If we don't rely on science to guide us, we might make the day for Whole Foods Market devotees, but it would have a devastating effect on the nutritionally poor and the world food supply.

In many of today's important "emerging markets," demographic pressures may constrain economic growth more significantly than people may think.

Newly released population estimates from the Census Bureau suggest that Americans have been moving, even in recession, away from Democratic strongholds and toward Republican turf.

Two months ago, the House adopted a budget resolution that outlines the Republican majority's ambitious plans to slow the growth of federal entitlement spending. If implemented properly, entitlement spending restraint can address the long-term fiscal imbalance in a way that promotes economic growth and freedom.

Russia's economic ambitions are at odds with its population trend.