8:
Eight years ago today, Syria plunged into civil war. According to the UN,
nearly half
the people who lived in that country in 2011 have been driven from their homes, and hundreds of thousands have been killed. President Bashar al-Assad has won the war, but fighting continues.
37:
A poll conducted earlier this year found that
37 percent
of Britons who prefer to remain in the European Union would be upset if a close relative married a strong leave supporter.
2 million:
The number of new births in China
fell by 2 m
illion to 15.2 million in 2018. It was the second straight year of decline in the birthrate since China ended its "one child" policy in 2015. More than half of respondents who said they were delaying having children cited the high cost of raising a child.
84 million:
Some
84 million Indians
, equal to the population of Germany, have become eligible to vote since India's most recent national elections in 2014.
