04 December 2008

Aging workers
Plant Services - Itasca,IL,USA
According to the United Nations Population Division (“World Population Prospects: The 2000 Revision,” New York, 2001), by 2050, average life expectancy will ... (4 December 2008)

03 December 2008

UAE praised for progress on rights
The National - Abu Dhabi,United Arab Emirates
Hania Zlotnik, the director of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs’ population division , welcomed the UAE’s efforts on overseas workers’ rights ... (3 December 2008)

24 November 2008

Polish migrants send 11 billion dollars home
Thenews.pl - Warsaw,Poland
The benefits of remittances will decline next year, a report by the UN population division stated last week, as workers return from host countries facing a ...(24 November 2008)

23 November 2008

One for the money, two for the show
Manila Times - Philippines
The United Nations Population Division reports that Filipinos lead the number of foreigners in Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Canada, Cyprus, Italy, Japan, ...(23 November 2008)
Reinventing Retirement Asia
TheMatureMarket.com (press release) - Grenoble,France
Data compiled by the United Nation’s Population Division indicates that the number of people aged 60 and over in the world is expected to triple by 2050. ...(23 November 2008)
Giving up on the American dream
Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA
In Britain, Polish workers are leaving for better opportunities in Poland, said Bela Hovy, chief of the migration section in the population division of the ... (23 November 2008)

22 November 2008

Global recession poses dangers to migrant workers
The Post - Lahore,Punjab,Pakistan
... "Migration flows are going to be disturbed and migrants are going to share the negative effects the economic downturn is having on the whole population of the world," Hania Zlotnik , Director of the Population Division at the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), told a news conference on Thursday. ...(21 November 2008)

21 November 2008

Economic meltdown sends large number of migrants home: UN
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
"News about migrants returning in significant numbers to their home countries have become more common, especially in cases where the economy of the host country sours," the UN population division said. ...…(21 November 2008)

20 November 2008

Migration a pressing global issue
Talk Radio News Service - Washington,DC,USA
Ms. Hania Zlotnik , Director of the Population Division at the Department of Economic and Social Affairs provided an update on global migration issues. ... (20 November 2008)

15 November 2008

Demografia: Maioria da população mundial viverá na cidade em 2008 ...
Notícias RTP, Portugal
27 Fev 2008 ... Elaborado pela Divisão da População do Departamento de Assuntos Sociais e Económicos das Nações Unidas, o estudo indica que a população ...(15 November 2008)

07 November 2008

Lump together and like it
Economist - UK
In 2005, more than half the poor countries surveyed by the UN Population Division said they wanted to reduce internal migration to rein in urban growth. ...(6 November 2008)

06 November 2008

Mais de metade do mundo vive nas cidades
Destak - Lisboa,Lisboa,Portugal
Os dados da Divisão da População do Departamento de Assuntos Sociais e Económicos das Nações Unidas revelam que em 2050 viverão nas cidades 6.400 milhões de ...
(5 November 2008)

30 October 2008

Population rises by 10 million
Daily Nation - Nairobi,Kenya
The new findings, based on the United Nations Population Division , are expected to be confirmed when another census is conducted next August. ...(29 October 2008)

26 October 2008

Rising Ambitions, Sinking Population
New York Times, New York, USA
By Nicholas Eberstadt. "If projections by the United Nations Population Division come to pass, Russia’s population will fall by 10 million more from now to 2020...." (25 October 2008)

22 October 2008

CROSQ celebrates 39th World Standards Day
AntiguaSun - St' John's,Antigua and Barbuda
... to its current population of 6.7 billion, and is projected to increase even further to 7.9 billion by 2050 (United Nations Population Division , 2006). (20 October 2008)

19 October 2008

Which foreigners will bell the cat?
Jamaica Gleaner - Kingston,Jamaica
In 2001, the Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division of the United Nations published Volume 1 of its global review of abortion ...(19 October 2008)

02 October 2008

Developed countries face ‘labour crunch’ in next few years
A new report from KPMG, accessing previously unpublished data from the United Nations Population Division , shows that the UK and other developed countries such as the US, Western Europe and Australia face a slow-down in the supply of ... (1 October 2008)

29 September 2008

Human Migration Patterns Get Global Forecast
Discovery Channel - USA
... have not been used for projections very much, to make a model that is simple," said Marta Roig of the United Nations Population Division in New York. (29 September 2008)

23 September 2008

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22 September 2008

The Globalist Quiz: Pakistan and its future
Seattle Times - United States
Pakistan's population is expected to almost double — from about 169 million as of 2008 to 292 million by 2050, according to the UN Population Division . ...
(22 September 2008)

18 September 2008

Nigeria: Our Declining Life Expectancy
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
The World Population Prospects 2006 Revision (put out by the United Nations Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs), shows that in ... (18 September 2008)

17 September 2008

China's impending catastrophe: Its shrinking, aging population
Fremont Tribune - Fremont,NE,USA
According to projections from the United Nations Population Division , China's population will peak at 1.458 billion in 2030. ...(19 August 2008)
Russia’s Real Enemies: Cigarettes and Vodka
Synapse - San Francisco,CA,USA
But according to the United Nations Population Division , Russia faces a population drop from the current 143 million to 120 million by the year 2025, ...(18 September 2008)

06 September 2008

Despite Tobacco’s Perils, Kremlin Yields to Smokers
New York Times - United States
Those figures are feeding fears about what will happen to the Russian economy in the coming years if, as the United Nations Population Division suggests, ... (7 September 2008)

25 August 2008

China’s dropping population tragedy in the making Commentary ...
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader - Wilkes Barre,PA,USA
According to projections from the United Nations’ Population Division , China’s population will peak at 1.45 billion in 2030. Then it will begin contracting. ... (24 August 2008)

27 July 2008

Avbefolkes jorden?
Vårt Land - Oslo,Norway
Ifølge FNs befolkningsavdeling vil fødselsraten innen år 2050 være nede i 2,05. En av grunnen til de synkende fødselstallene mener noen er at ekteskapet ... (24 July 2008)

04 July 2008

A User’s Guide to the Century (by Jeffrey Sachs)
The National Interest Online - Washington,DC,USA
... its population from around 800 million to 1.8 billion by 2050, according to the medium-fertility forecast of the United Nations Population Division . ... (2 July 2007)

01 July 2008

HIV/Aids stabilised, but still a long way to go before numbers decline
The South African Star - Johannesburg, South Africa
Its authors are from the Population Council and the United Nations Population Division. The council said that worldwide 0,8% of adults were HIV-positive, ...(30 June 2008)

29 June 2008

'Peak oil' theory gains local converts
The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com - Grand Rapids,MI,USA
... is likely to reach 9.1 billion by 2050, with most of the increase in developing countries, according to the United Nations Population Division . ... (29 June 2008)

27 June 2008

Pinoys in top 10 foreign populations of 16 countries
Inquirer.net Philippines- Mexico
The World Bank revealed data on the estimated number of migrants – or what it calls “immigrants” – based on the 2005 United Nations Population Division report,…(27 June 2008)

26 June 2008

Has The HIV Epidemic Rate Peaked?
eMaxHealth.com - Hickory,NC,USA
The HIV epidemic appears to have stabilized around the world, according to "Has the HIV epidemic peaked?" published in the June issue of the Population Council’s peer-reviewed journal Population and Development Review. The authors are Population Council Vice President and Distinguished Scholar John Bongaarts and three colleagues affiliated with the United Nations Population Division. (26 June 2008)

23 June 2008

The coming population bust
International Herald Tribune - France
Young children are disappearing from Italian society, and the end isn't in sight. According to one estimate by the UN's Population Division, their numbers will drop to fewer than 1.6 million in 2020, and to 1.3 million by 2050. At that point, they will account for a mere 2.8 percent of the Italian nation. (23 June 2008)

22 June 2008

A world without children
Boston Globe - United States
According to one estimate by the UN's Population Division , their numbers will drop to fewer than 1.6 million in 2020, and to 1.3 million by 2050. ... (22 June 2008)

15 June 2008

How many people are there in the world?
San Bernardino Sun - San Bernardino,CA,USA
Our world population is accelerating at a rate equally astounding to that of the United States, according to the population division of the Department
of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations... (14 June 2008)

10 June 2008

Supplying sustainability
On Line opinion - Australia
The United Nations’ Population Division said that 2007 was the first time in history that more humans lived in urban rather than in rural areas. (10 June 2008)

21 May 2008

Challenges and Realities of Water Management of Megacities: the ...
RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA
According to the UN Population Division, the number of megacities has increased from sixteen to eighteen from 2000 to 2005 alone, and this number is ... (14 May 2008)

11 May 2008

Running out of food?
Times of India - India
According to the United Nations Population Division , the world population would be somewhere between 8 and 11 billion by 2050, depending upon what factors ... (11 May 2008)

04 May 2008

Improving the Art and Science of Disaster Medicine and Public ...
RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division . Population Division World Urbanization Prospects: the 2005 revision: ... (4 May 2008)

23 April 2008

Towards chaos by BHASKAR GHOSE
Frontline - Delhi, India
The Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) of the United Nations has estimated that, by 2050, 55 per cent of India’s population will be living in urban areas. (23 April 2008)

20 April 2008

Can the earth provide enough food for 9 billion people?
Christian Science Monitor - Boston,MA,USA
"You couldn't write any stranger fiction," says Joseph Chamie, former head of the United Nation's Population Division . The possibility of a world food ... (21 April 2008)
Flawed Headcount?
Bohol Chronicle - Tagbilaran,Bohol,Philippines
Earlier, the United Nations Population Division projected that there'd be 86 million Filipinos by 2010. The President's proclamation means we overshot that ... (20 April 2008)

10 April 2008

Holy See on Urban Growth
Zenit News Agency - Rome, Italy
Address given by Archbishop Migliore, the Holy See's permanent observer to the United Nations, at the 41st session of the Commission on Population and Development
(10 April 2008)

06 April 2008

Rise and fall of nations
Washington Times - Washington D.C.-US
By Ben Wattenberg. Careful projections by both the US Census Bureau and the United Nations Population Division now show a growth path to 400 million by 2050 and 500 million by ... (6 April 2008)

01 April 2008

Africa’s Population Growth: a Development Challenge
World Bank News & Broadcast - Washington, DC (USA)
For the first time in about two decades, the U.N. Population Division estimates that no one African country will experience a negative population rate of growth as a result of HIV/AIDS. (1 April 2008)
Gender equality one key to sustainable world
StarPhoenix - Canada
Engelman's view is based on an analysis of statistics from the United Nations Population Division and the World Economic Forum, which compare national ...
(1 April 2008)

26 March 2008

Breakthrough claimed in male contraceptives
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
In developed countries, 73 percent of contraception worldwide involved "female methods," according to the United Nations Population Division, ...

20 March 2008

In Pictures: The 10 biggest Cities of 2025
Forbes, NY
Here's a look at the likely candidates for 2025's 10 biggest. Sources: World Resources Institute; United Nations. Note: All population figures for the ...

15 March 2008

Agriculture and Biodiversity: Challenges and Opportunities for ...
GreenBiz - Oakland,CA,USA
The UN Population Division estimates that, for the first time, the global urban population has outstripped the rural one, putting greater pressure on ...

13 March 2008

World Population Growth: Fertile Ground for Uncertainty
Worldwatch Institute - Washington,DC,USA
Based on statistical work by the United Nations Population Division and the World Economic Forum, Worldwatch identified this correlation when comparing ...
Africa’s greatest challenge is to reduce fertility
Financial Times - London, UK
…population growth will continue despite the Aids epidemic. In mid-2007, sub-Saharan Africa had 788m people – 12 per cent of the world’s population. This share will increase to 18 per cent in 2050, or 1.8bn people. This assumes that African women would then have 2.5 children on average, against 5.5 today, according to the United Nations 2006 population projections.(13 March 2008)

12 March 2008

U.N. Predicts Extinction of Villagers in Russia
Kommersant - Moscow, Russia
The U.N. experts predict Russia’s population to go down to 128.2 million by 2025 with 96 percent living in cities and towns,…(28 February 2008)

11 March 2008

India's big population challenge
BBC News - UK
In 2000 it was around 6 billion. In 2050, based on estimates from the United Nations Commission on Population and Development, it will be 9 billion... (24 February 2008)

10 March 2008

Facts and figures by The Globalist
Business Report - South Africa
Of the nearly 1 billion women in the world aged 40 years or older, 71 million - or 8 percent - are estimated to be childless. - UN Population Division (10 March 2008)

05 March 2008

Today's Editorial: Urban Futures
The Times of India- New Delhi, India
Half of the world’s population is expected to turn urban by the end of this year. A UN report now estimates... (3 March 2008)
U.N.: By '09, half the world will live in cities
USAToday.com - USA
Half the world's population will live in urban areas by the end of this year and about 70% will be city dwellers by 2050, with cities and towns in Asia and Africa registering the biggest growth, according to new U.N. projections …(26 February 2008)
Global urbanisation unstoppable: UN
BrisbaneTimes.com - Australia
The urban regions thus will absorb most of the world's population increase in the next four decades while drawing on some of the rural population…(27 February 2008)
UN: Half of world population to live in cities soon
KATU.com - Portland, OR
The report predicted there will be 27 "megacities" with at least 10 million residents by mid-century… (1 March 2008)

02 March 2008

Afirma ONU que en 2008 población mundial urbana superará a la rural
Milenio.com - Mexico
Ya no hay forma de detener el proceso de urbanización: por primera vez en la historia de la humanidad,… (26 February 2008)

Latinoamérica, la región en desarrollo más urbana del mundo
El País - Spain
En 2008, por primera vez en la historia más de la mitad de los habitantes de la Tierra residirán en una zona urbana. (28 February 2008)

More people now live in cities than in rural areas
Mongabay.com - USA
"Although Asia and Africa are the least urbanized areas, they account for most of the urban population of the world," said Hania Zlotnik , Director of the ... (27 February 2008)
UN: Half World to Live in Cities Soon
The Associated Press -
Hania Zlotnik, head of the UN Population Division , expressed hope that increasing urbanization "will go hand in hand with economic growth. ... (26 February 2008)
Half the world soon to be in cities by end 2008, says UN
Business Standard - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
Releasing the latest projections on urbanisation, Director of Department of Economic and Social Affairs’ Population Division Hania Zlotnik stressed that the ... (28 February 2008)
UN: Half of global population will live in cities by end of 2008
Xinhua - China
The latest data contained in the report confirms that "urbanization is growing everywhere," said Hania Zlotnik, director of DESA's Population Division , ... (27 February 2008)
Half of world will live in cities by end of 2008: UN
Taipei Times - Taiwan
Half the world's population will live in urban areas by the end of this year and about 70 percent will be city dwellers by 2050, with cities and towns in ... (28 February 2008)
Karachi, Lahore to figure among world’s megacities by 2025: UN
Associated Press of Pakistan - Pakistan
The latest data contained in the report confirms that “urbanization is growing everywhere,” Hania Zlotnik , Director of the Population Division of the ... (27 February 2008)
Half of world to live in cities by end '08
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
The latest data contained in the report confirms that "urbanisation is growing everywhere," said Hania Zlotnik , Director of the Population Division of the ... (27 February 2008)
Half of world to live in cities by end 2008-UN
Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa
Despite the challenges urbanization poses for governments, Hania Zlotnik , head of the UN Population Division, told reporters urbanization is often a sign of ... (26 February 2008)
World getting more urbanised; India still to catch up
Hindu - Chennai,India
Releasing latest projections on urbanisation, Director of Department of Economic and Social Affairs' Population Division Hania Zlotnik stressed that the ... (27 February 2008)
Half world population to be urban-dwellers by year-end
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
At a news conference launching the 2007 Revision of World Urbanisation Prospects, Hania Zlotnik, head of the UN Population Division , said the greatest ... (27 February 2008)

Tokyo to Remain the World's Biggest Megacity in 2025, UN Says
Bloomberg - USA

...
is forecast rise to 12 percent in 2025, from about 9 percent today, Hania Zlotnik , Director of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs' Population ... (28 February 2008)


UN report says Karachi’s population to be 19.1m, and Lahore’s ...
Daily Times - Lahore,Pakistan
The latest data in the report confirms that “urbanisation is growing everywhere”, Hania Zlotnik, Director of the Population Division of the Department of ... (28 February 2008)
Karachi and Lahore to figure among worlds megacities by 2025
Unique Pakistan - Karachi,Sindh,Pakistan
The latest data contained in the report confirms that “urbanization is growing everywhere,” Hania Zlotnik, Director of the Population Division of the ... (27 February 2008)

Cities face population overload
Pretoria News (subscription) - Pretoria,South Africa
By the end of the year half of the world's population will be living in cities for the first time in history, the United Nations said in a report released ... (28 February 2008)

Over half of India will live in urban areas by 2050
KalingaTimes - Bhubaneswar,Orissa,India
... said Hania Zlotnik, director of Department of Economic and Social Affairs' Population Division , while releasing the report in New York. ... (28 February 2008)
UN says half the world's population will live in urban areas by ...
International Herald Tribune, France -

During the same time period, the new report said, the population living in
urban areas is projected to rise from 3.3 billion to 6.4 billion. ... (26 February 2008)
Oil Hits Record $102 As Dollar Tumbles
World Bank Group - Washington,DC,USA
Hania Zlotnik , head of the UN Population Division, expressed hope that increasing urbanization ‘will go hand in hand with economic growth. ... (27 February 2008)
UN: Over Half of Global Population Will Live in Cities by End of 2008
Voice of America - USA
By Barbara Schoetzau By the end of 2008, for the first time in history, half of the world's population will live in urban centers, according to a revised ... (27 February 2008)
Indian, Chinese populations ageing fast
Hindustan Times - India
The world's total population is expected to rise to 9.2 bn in 2050 from the current 6.7 bn. A "large majority" of elderly people will soon be living in the ... (12 April 2007)

Mumbai's slum life poses world problem
BBC News - UK
That is the conclusion of a new study from the Population Division of the United Nations. And the steady migration of people from rural areas to cities ... (27 February 2008)



The world is our classroom
Danbury News Times - Danbury,CT,USA
The number of migrants in the world has more than doubled since 1975, according to a report issued by the United Nations Population Division . ... (22 February 2008)
The population gap
Washington Times - Washington,DC,USA
That advantage is a growing population of younger workers. In contrast, Europe and Japan are on the verge of an unprecedented labor-force contraction, ... (14 February 2008)