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)