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)