31 January 2011

The state of our economy: What recent research tells us
MoneyWeb - South Africa
As the effects of HIV/Aids begin to take hold and combine with relatively low life expectancy at birth figures, SA's forecasted population growth has been radically down casted to annual mid-level prediction of 0.47% between 2010 and 2015 and 0,38% between 2015 and 2020, according to the World Population Prospects released by the UN's Population Division.,…(31 January 2011)

30 January 2011

Population growth not in sync with natural resources, by K. Srinivasan, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore
Economic Times - India
Based on the 2001 Census data and earlier trends in fertility and mortality rates, the Registrar General of India has projected the population of the country in 2011 to be around 1,193 million. The United Nations Population Division, which has consistently projected higher figures for India, has estimated it to be 1,230 million for the same year. The UN assumes that there has been a systematic undercount in our censuses which has to be corrected and hence it has given higher estimates. The 2011 Census to take place in the next few months will clarify whether we are closer to the UN or GoI projections.,…(30 January 2011)

28 January 2011

The Future of the Global Muslim Population: Projections for 2010-2030
Pew Research Center Publications - USA
The current population data that underpin this report were culled from the best sources available on Muslims in each of the 232 countries and territories for which the U.N. Population Division provides general population estimates. (27 January 2011)
The Crisis in Tunisia: Africa’s Youth Unemployment Time-Bomb
Brookings Institution - USA
The United Nations Population Division has also observed that Africa’s youth bulge is quite unique; the region will account for 29 percent of the world’s population aged 15-24 by 2050, up from 9 percent in 1950.,…(26 January 2011)

26 January 2011

Global Poverty and Its Sad Persistence
American Enterprise Unstitute - USA
According to the UN Population Division, Mexico's overall life expectancy at birth these days (2005/2010) is a little over 76 years--a level fully two decades higher than half a century earlier: a level, furthermore that Sweden and the Netherlands, leaders in global health progress, did not themselves reach until the 1980s.,…(25 January 2011)

18 January 2011

Dominic Lawson: The population timebomb is a myth
The Independent - UK
One reason why the population doomsters have come out in force in recent weeks is that, according to the UN Population Division, this year will see the number of living inhabitants hit the figure of 7 billion; (...) This year National Geographic magazine is making population its theme; but its lengthy opening essay was notable for its lack of alarmism. It quoted Hania Zlotnik, the director of the UN's Population Division, saying: "We still don't understand why fertility has gone down so fast in so many societies, so many cultures and religions. It's just mind-boggling. At this moment, much as I want to say there's still a problem of high fertility rates, it's only about 16 per cent of the world's population, mostly in Africa." ,…(18 January 2011)

17 January 2011

Ageing: world population faces watershed
People & the Planet - USA
In 1950, there were 335 million children in the 0-4 age group and just 131 million people ages 65+. According to United Nations Population Division estimates for mid-2010, there were 642 million persons ages 0-4 and 523 million ages 65+. That is, of course, quite a change. …(16 January 2011)

14 January 2011

Mexico Retail Report Q1 2011 - a new market research report
Live-PR.com - Austria
Increasing affluence, a growing population – including a larger number of young people – and the continuing development of organised retail infrastructure are the key factors behind the forecast growth in Mexico´s retail sales... The proportion in the 20-44 age range, crucial for retail sales, is forecast to be 41.5% by the end of 2010, according to the UN Population Division. In 2005, 63.6% of Mexicans were described by the UN as economically active and this is forecast to have reached 66.3% in 2010. The trend towards urbanisation is predicted to continue, with the proportion of those living in towns and cities in 2005 estimated at 76% by the UN and forecast to have hit 77.4% in 2010. (13 January 2011)

11 January 2011

People v. Planet
The Atlantic - USA
Before the 20th century, no human had lived through a doubling of the human population, but there are people alive today who have seen it triple. Sometime in late 2011, according to the UN Population Division, there will be seven billion of us. (2 January 2011)

10 January 2011

Earth's Population to Reach 7 Billion in 2011
ABC News - USA
A clock is ticking. Sometime late this year, the United Nations Population Division predicts that with about five babies born every second, the world will have 7 billion people. …(5 January 2011)
Population Projection: Your 7 Billion Neighbors And What They Mean
NPR.org - USA
According to the UN Population Division, you will have seven billion cohabitants on the planet by the end of this year. It is also projected that by 2045, the global population could reach nine billion. That kind of growth — the fastest in history — raises serious concerns and questions for you, me and the planet: If we can barely support our current population, can we possibly sustain another 2 billion?
(6 January 2011)