27 September 2010

Figures of population growth
Financial Express - Bangladesh
The estimate of the United Nations (UN) Population Division is also very close to the PRB figures. Thus, the dependable independent estimation of population trends in Bangladesh only point to the fact ,…(27 September 2010)

20 September 2010

Dounreay nuclear staff look to the future
BBC - UK
Population rates will have declined and then started to rise again by 2300, according to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division. Polar bears could be extinct within the next 100 years say scientists It has projected that the number of people in the world will peak at 9.22 billion in 2075.After reaching this maximum, world population will decline slightly and then increase slowly to reach 8.97 billion by 2300. (17 September 2010)

17 September 2010

7 Countries that Could Crash in Five Years
Street Authority - US
Japan serves as a prime example of the demographic time bomb. According to the United Nations' Population Division, Japanese households are having an average of 1.4 children (well below the 2.1 replacement rate), and when this is coupled with restrictive immigration policies, it has led to a steadily rising average age in Japan. Japan's life expectancy, already among the highest in the world at 83 years, could approach 90 in the next few decades, according to the U.N. (16 September 2010)

07 September 2010

Not a new issue
The Star - Malayasia

In May 2000, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly decided to convene the Second World Assembly on Ageing in 2002. The 2002 event included the publication of a report, World Population Ageing 1950-2050, which provides a description of global trends in population ageing and includes a series of indicators of the ageing process by development regions, major areas, regions and countries. Here are the findings highlighted in the UN’s Population Division website
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Italia: R.I.P.
Wall Street Journal - US
Today, these bambinis make up only 4.2% of the population. Young children are disappearing from Italy. According to the UN's Population Division, ...7 September 2010)