23 December 2009

The New Population Bomb: The four megatrends that will change the World
Foreign Affairs - USA
The United Nations Population Division now projects that global population growth will nearly halt by 2050. By that date, the world's population will have stabilized at 9.15 billion people, according to the "medium growth" variant of the UN's authoritative population database World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision....(23 December 2009, January 2010 issue of Foreign Affairs)

13 December 2009

In aging Shanghai, residents resist efforts to change one-child law
Austin American-Statesman - Austin,TX,USA
The average birthrate has plummeted to 1.8 children per couple, compared with six when the policy went into effect, according to the UN Population Division , ... (13 December 2009)
Fear depopulation, not overpopulation
National Post - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Sometime in this century, the world's population will begin to decline. (The United Nations Population Division says that, worldwide, we could achieve ... (11 December 2009)
In aging China, a change of course
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA
... alarmed by their city's low birthrate and aging population , ... according to the UN Population Division , while the number of residents 60 and older is ... (12 December 2009)

02 December 2009

India has youngest workforce among large economies
FinFacts Ireland - Ireland
The UN Population Division estimates that, over the next 10 years, India's working age population is set to grow by a cumulative 138 million ...(2 December 2009)

30 November 2009

Report: Population Decline to Hurt China’s Competiveness
The Dong-A Ilbo, Republic of Korea - Mexico
According to statistics from the U.N. Population Division, China had 324.1 million people aged 14 or under in 1990,…(27 November 2009)

29 November 2009

Experts urge to adjust family norms
China Daily - Beijing,China
And India is expected to have 244 million more working-age people - between 15 and 59 years - than China by 2050, according to the UN Population Division , ... (28 November 2009)

19 November 2009

Climate change threatens to widen rich-poor gap
The Daily Star - Dhaka,Bangladesh
“We want the world leaders to have better understanding of population dynamics,” Erken said. The UN population division projects the world population now ... (19 November 2009)
How Demographics Could Save Afghanistan
Foreign Policy - USA
BY RICHARD CINCOTTA | NOVEMBER 16, 2009 The two agencies that independently publish population estimates -- the UN Population Division and the US Census ...(16 November 2009)

13 October 2009

'South Asia accounts for 32% of under-5 deaths'
Express Buzz - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
The IGME is formed by experts at UNICEF, WHO, the World Bank, the UN Population Division (UNPD), and members of the academic community. ... (12 October 2009)
ANALYSIS-Rising US population makes 2050 climate cut harder
Reuters India - Mumbai,India
... to emit almost twice as much as Americans in 2050, according to Reuters comparisons of emissions and UN Population Division projections ...(12 October 2009)
Rising US population makes 2050 climate cut harder
International Business Times - New York,NY,USA
... Environment Correspondent - Analysis OSLO - A rising population will ... to Reuters comparisons of emissions and UN Population Division projections. ...(12 October 2009)

11 October 2009

The problem with our environment is us
Brisbane Times - Brisbane,Queensland,Australia
The latest report of the UN population division of March 11, 2009 shows that the world's population is 6.8 billion, and is expected to exceed 9 billion by ...(5 October 2009)
Are we still on track for 9 billion people on Earth in 2050?
Earth & Sky - Austin,TX,USA
The most often quoted population number of 9 billion by 2050 comes from the United Nations Population Division . As Engleman points out in his article, ... (4 October 2009)
The quiet tsunami that kills every day
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
In mid-September a joint group from UNICEF, the World Health Organisation, the World Bank and the United Nations Population Division , released the ...(5 October 2009)
Indonesia Should Protect Migrant Workers:UNDP
VIVAnews.com - Jakarta,DKI Jakarta,Indonesia
Data for every indicator is obtained from UN Population Division , UNESCO and the World Bank. HDI is on a scale of 0 to 1. This year Indonesia ranks 111 out ...(6 October 2009)

14 September 2009

Reducing World Children Under 5 Mortality: Mixed Progress With Many Regions Not On Track To Meet Millennium Development Goal 4
Medical News Today - UK
In response, experts at UNICEF, WHO, the World Bank, the UN Population Division (UNPD), and members of the academic community formed the Inter-agency Group ... (14 September 2009)

13 September 2009

Global child deaths at new low
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - St. Louis,MO,USA
... which stem from household surveys and other data by UNICEF, the World Health Organization, the World Bank and the UN Population Division ....(13 September 2009)
No respect for the elderly
NEXT - Lagos,Lagos State,Nigeria
According to the United Nations Population Division , by the year 2025, the number of Nigerians aged 60 and above will rise to about 6 percent of the entire population ... (11 September 2009)

12 September 2009

India still accounts for 21% of under-five deaths
Times of India - New Delhi,India
These new estimates calculated by Unicef, WHO, World Bank and United Nations Population Division pointed to another interesting fact that under-five ... (12 September 2009)

11 September 2009

Japan's list of those 100 or older swells to more than 40000 people
Los Angeles Times, US
The centenarian population surpassed 10000 just 10 years ago, reached 30000 in 2007 and grew another 10000 in the past two years, the ministry said....
By 2050, Japan's centenarian population is expected to reach nearly 1 million, according to the U.N. projections....(11 September 2009)
Malawi passes a milestone in reducing date rate of children -UN ...
By Nyasa Times, Malawi
... of data sources by demographers and health experts from UNICEF, the World Health Organization, the World Bank and the United Nations Population Division , guided by technical advisors from a number of major academic institutions. ...(11 Setember 2009)
West, Central Africa Fall Behind Global Improvements in Infant Mortality...
Voice of America - USA
It reflects high population and high fertility," said Martin Dawes, ... the World Health Organization, the World Bank, and the UN Population Division . ...(10 September 2009)

10 September 2009

Child Mortality Rate Declines Globally
New York Times - New York,NY,USA
... according to the new figures, which stem from an analysis of household surveys and other data by Unicef, the World Health Organization, the World Bank and the United Nations population division.
10 September 2009)

29 August 2009

Senior UN official sees China as important element in world ...
Xinhua - Beijing,China
In a recent exclusive interview with Xinhua, Hania Zlotnik, director of the Population Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), ... (25 August 2009)
Senior UN official sees China as important element in world ...
People's Daily Online - Beijing,China
"We work for the Population Division ," she said. "It's the think tank that tells you what the growth rate of a population is and how many children women ... (25 August 2009)

17 August 2009

The twilight years
The Statesman - Kolkata,India
THERE will be two elderly persons for every child in the world by 2050, going by the projections of the UN Population Division . ...(17 August 2009)

14 August 2009

Are Other Countries' Health Systems Really So Scary?
Newsweek - USA
... has two statistical tables on infant mortality rates: one compiled by the United Nations Population Division and the other by the 2009 CIA Fact Book. ...(13 August 2009)

31 July 2009

Light at the end of the population tunnel: Why India's population will stabilise sooner than expected
Business Standard, Mumbai
the UN’s Population Division estimates that India’s population will be growing at 0.25 per cent per year even in 2050. In my view, these estimates do not fully reflect three powerful dynamics that are emerging.
,…(15 July 2009)

29 July 2009

Pakistan's population to double by 2050: UN
Dawn.com - Pakistan
United Nations Population Division said Pakistan will overtake Brazil and Indonesia by 2050 to rank fourth in world population, almost doubling to 335 ...(28 July 2009)

28 July 2009

Pakistan would be world's fourth most populated country in 2050: UN
SINDH TODAY - Sindh,Pakistan
The United Nations Population Division projects that Pakistan will overtake Brazil and Indonesia by 2050 to rank fourth in world population almost ...(28 July 2009)

27 July 2009

Pakistan faces population time bomb
The National - Abu Dhabi,United Arab Emirates
The United Nations Population Division projects that Pakistan will overtake Brazil and Indonesia by 2050 to rank fourth in world population, almost doubling ...(27 July 2009)

13 June 2009

Population : Off the radar, not off the map
Grist Magazine - Seattle,WA,USA
In its latest round of projections, the UN Population Division indicates that the world's population will grow from today's 6.7 billion to somewhere between ... (12 June 2009)

06 May 2009

Dividend All-Stars (MRK, DD, LO, MAT, SGP)
Investopedia - Edmonton,Alberta,Canada
According to a report a few years back by the United Nations Population Division , the world's population could top 9.1 billion by 2050. ... (4 May 2009)
Population Power
American Enterprise Institute - Washington,DC,USA
(Projections by both the UN Population Division and the US Census Bureau, for example, are predicated on this hypothesis.) In the event, this hunch may ... (6 May 2009)

08 April 2009

UN sees falling Middle East fertility rates
New York Times - New York, US
Hania Zlotnik, director of the Population Division at the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, said the shift suggests that education and access to family planning can play a far greater role than expected in reducing population growth, even in conservative Muslim states...(3 April 2009)
Kenya faces population headache
Business Daily Africa - Nairobi,Kenya
April 9, 2009: Kenya’s unemployment problem will worsen with the population ballooning to 57 million by 2025 and the majority falling below the retirement age ...
says the UN’s World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision. (9 April 2009)

02 April 2009

'Rapid population growth hinders Millennium Development Goals'
The Hindu - Chennai ‎
United Nations (PTI): "When individuals and couples are given the possibility of deciding how many children they want to have, they usually opt for much lower numbers than they used to," Hania Zlotnik, Director of the Population Division, told the reporters. ... (2 April 2009)
High birth rates hamper development in poorer countries, warns UN experts
Associated Press of Pakistan, Islamabad
numbers than they used to,” Hania Zlotnik , director of the Population Division, told the press at UN Headquarters in New York at a briefing focusing on the work of the commission. Zlotnik noted that giving people the information and ...(2 April 2009)

21 March 2009

Power and Population in Asia
Japan Focus - Ithaca,NY,USA
By Nicholas Eberstadt. Projections by the United Nations Population Division (unpd) make the point. According to the unpd’s most recent medium variant figures, for example,
in 2025 roughly four-fifths of the inhabitants of East and Southeast Asia will have been alive in 2000, ... [March 2009]
Are we making too many Americans?
Christian Science Monitor - Boston,MA,USA
Last week, the United Nations’ Population Division revised its “low variant” mid-century forecasts upward [PDF] by 117 million people because of an ... (20 March 2009)

17 March 2009

World population may hit nine billion in 2050 —UN
The Punch - Lagos,Nigeria
The Director of the Population Division at the DESA, Ms. Hania Zlotnik , said, “We’re still projecting that by 2050, the population of the world will be ... (13 March 2009)

15 March 2009

Briefing: Immigration: Passage to Britain
Times Online - UK
The UN Population Division predicts Britain will have a net inward migration of 174000 people each year for the first half of the century. At the same time, ... (15 March 2009)

13 March 2009

Continued HIV/AIDS Progress Could Lead to Increased Life ...
Kaiser network.org - Washington,DC,USA
For the report, titled "2008 Revision of the UN's World Population Prospects," the United Nations compiled findings from recent census reports and ... (13 March 2009)
UK to have Europe's biggest population: Migration will force us ...
Daily Mail - UK
A report by the UN Population Division said Germany's population, currently 82million, will fall to 71million by 2050. Britain's will rise from 61million to ... (12 March 2009)
Optimal populations, and other letters
International Herald Tribune - France
The UN Population Division is right to call our attention to the worldwide threat population growth poses to peace and prosperity (“UN says world population ... (13 March 2009)

12 March 2009

World population will be 7 billion in 2012
Deccan Herald - India
The population of the 49 least developed countries (LDCs) is still the fastest growing in the world, at 2.3 per cent per year, the Population Division said. ... (12 March 2009)
POPULATION: Aging Nations Need Shift in Resources
Inter Press Service (IPS), Italy
"The bulk of this population increase will be absorbed by the developing countries," said Hania Zlotnik, director of the U.N. Population Division, at the launch of the report... (13 March 2009)
UN: Young and Old Boom on the Road to 9 Billion
New York Times - United States
The United Nations Population Division has updated its population forecasts through 2050, and concludes that, despite a longstanding global decline in ...(11 March 2009)
Revised UN estimates put world population at over 9 billion by 2050
Associated Press of Pakistan - Pakistan
“There have been no big changes for the recent estimates and we have not changed the assumptions for the future,” Hania Zlotnik , Director of the Population Division at the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), told reporters ... (12 March 2009)
Health advances increase lifespans in poorest nations: UN report
Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
... less experienced people also competing for work, then there might be a problem,” said Hania Zlotnik , director of the UN Population Division. ... (11 March 2009)
UN says world population to hit 7 billion in 2012
The Associated Press
Hania Zlotnik , director of the UN Population Division, said that "there have been no big changes" from the previous estimate in 2006. .. (11 March 2009)
ONU: Poblacíón mundial llegará a 7.000 millones en 2012
El Paso Times - El Paso,TX,USA
Hania Zlotnik , directora de la División de Población de la ONU, dijo que "no hubo cambios importantes" con respecto a los cálculos de 2006 "y no hemos ...(11 March 2009)
La Terre comptera sept milliards d'habitants en 2012, selon l'ONU
nouvelobs.com - Paris,France
"Il n'y a pas beaucoup de changements" par rapport aux dernières prévisions onusiennes de 2006 a précisé Hania Zlotnik , directrice de la Division population ... (11 March 2009)
Los emigrantes evitarán que los países ricos pierdan población ...
ADN.es - Spain
... de que continúe la emigración", afirmó en la presentación del informe la directora del departamento de Población de la ONU, la mexicana Hania Zlotnik ... (12 March 2009)
Growth in poor countries will increase population on Earth to 9.1 ...
Focus News - Sofia,Bulgaria
... Thomas Buettner, Assistant Director of the Population Studies Branch of the Population Division in the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, ITAR-TASS informs. ...(11 March 2009)
United Nations puts Ukraine, Moldova, Russia on list of countries ...
Kyiv Post - Kyiv,Ukraine
... Moldova, and Russia, according to data taken from the World Population Prospects in 2008 report prepared by the United Nations Population Division . ...(12 March 2009)
Kuwait population to exceed five million in 2050
UAE Daily News - Orleans,Ontario,Canada
Asked by UAE Daily News to explain why this decease, Gerhard Heiling, Chief Population Estimates and Projections Section at the UN Population Division , ... (11 March 2009)
World population will be 7 billion in 2012
Press Trust of India - New Delhi,India
The population of the 49 least developed countries (LDCs) is still the fastest growing in the world, at 2.3 per cent per year, the Population Division said. ... (12 march 2009)
World population will be 7 billion in 2012
Press Trust of India - New Delhi,India
The population of the 49 least developed countries (LDCs) is still the fastest growing in the world, at 2.3 per cent per year, the Population Division said. ... (11 march 2009)
UN says world population will hit 7 billion in '12
International Herald Tribune - France
Launching the report, Hania Zlotnik, the director of the UN Population Division , said "there have been no big changes" from the previous estimates in 2006 ...(11 March 2009)
Global population 'to hit 9 billion by 2050'
Adelaide Independent Weekly - Adelaide,South Australia,Australia
The data, prepared by the Population Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, however show that slowing population growth resulting ...(11 March 2009)

08 March 2009

• The future is grey
Waterloo Record - Waterloo,Ontario,Canada
According to the United Nations population division (whose projections are cited throughout this article), the median ages of western Europe and Japan, ... (7 March 2009)

06 March 2009

Assessing the challenges of urban health through anthropology
FirstScience - UK
These trends are characteristic of both the United States and the world, with the United Nation's Population Division estimating that we are at a tipping ... (5 March 2009)

24 February 2009

Manager focus: Alistair Thompson
Fund Strategy - London,UK
Indeed, a report by the United Nations Population Division says that the world's population is expected to rise from 6.5 billion to 9.1 billion by 2050. ... (23 February 2009)

12 February 2009

Bolivians Adapt to Life in the City
Jakarta Globe - Jakarta,Indonesia
Yet Hania Zlotnik, the director of the UN Population Division , says that even if some migrants end up in urban poverty, they tend to be better off in cities ... (12 February 2009)

26 January 2009

Who will save the villages?
Alaska Dispatch - Alaska,USA
According to the World Urbanization Prospects: the 2005 Revision, prepared by the United Nations Population Division , "In 2008, for the first time, ... (24 January 2009)

24 January 2009

UNICEF says death of Timorese children under five years of age has ...
ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland
"My office has informed our New York Headquarters, which coordinates with the UN Population Division , on the discrepancy of data. The UN Population Division ... (22 January 2009)

17 January 2009

Falta de incentivos limita a contratação de estrangeiros
Gazeta Mercantil- Sao Paulo,SP,Brazil
Segundo um relatório da KPMG Internacional e da divisão da população da Organização das Nações Unidas (ONU), a razão dessa diminuição de capital humano é ... (16 January 2009)
Africa: Continent Braces for Global Shockwaves
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
... consumption has been driven by an increasingly urbanized population . .... reports Hania Zlotnik, director of the population division of the UN's ... (16 January 2009)

08 January 2009

Whole world’s coming to town
The Times - Johannesburg,Gauteng,South Africa
According to the UN’s Population Division , come 2050, half of Africa will, indeed, have found their way to Johannesburg. The greatest societal change of the ... (7 January 2009)

03 January 2009

The World Won't Be Aging Gracefully. Just the Opposite.
Washington Post - United States
According to the United Nations Population Division (whose projections are cited throughout this article), the median ages of Western Europe and Japan, ... (4 January 2009)