23 March 2011

Russia Has Its Own Tea Party
Moscow Times - Russian Federation
Like most pension systems in other countries, Russia’s pension system is funded by its current workers. This works as long as the population is growing. But Russia is shrinking at an accelerating pace. In 1992, the country’s population decreased by about 220,000. In the past few years, it decreased by 700,000 to 800,000 per year. As a result, there are about 1.6 working people for one retiree, which is four times less than in the 1970s. What’s more, according to the United Nations Population Division, in 2050 Russia’s population will fall by a quarter from its current 140 million to 108 million.…(21 March 2011)

15 March 2011

There's One Big Driver In The Hong Kong Housing Boom, And It's Not Supply
Business Insider - USA
(...) The next step is to estimate the required net supply level that would keep the surplus-to-total-private-sector-housing-stock ratio roughly constant. I take the population projection by United Nations Population Division, and assume that the average household size to be constant at 2.9 (as it currently is) to estimate the annual increase of the number of households. (15 March 2011)

10 March 2011

Mass urbanisation: why do we flock together?
ABC Radio National - Australia
The United Nations Population Division estimates more than half the world's people now live in urban areas, with that percentage to rise to 70% by 2050. And in the developed world, the figure is already 74%. …(10 March 2011)

04 March 2011

How to Profit from the Silver Economy
Hemscott News - UK
The world is living through a period of population ageing that is "without parallel in the history of humanity," according to the UN's population division. This process is a result of the combined effects of declining fertility and reducing mortality rates. Although population ageing affects nearly all countries, the trend is much stronger in developed countries. Globally, the number of those aged 60 and above is expected to exceed the number of children (those under 15) for the first time in 2045. In more advanced countries, this milestone was reached in 1998. ,…(3 March 2011)

01 March 2011

Advanced Wound Care Management to 2016
Online PR Media - USA
According to the United Nations Population Division, people aged 60 and over are projected to account for 22% of the total world population by 2050, up from 11% in 2007, which will drive growth in the advanced wound management market.,…(25 February 2011)
Young and restless: Africa at risk for upheaval
Toronto Star - Canada

By this under-30 measure sub-Saharan Africa offers a long list of countries demographically defined as having a “very young” age structure. In Chad, 73 per cent of the population is under 30 and thus is deemed “very young” by the United Nations Population Division. Ditto Cameroon, where 71 per cent of the population is under 30. By this measure Tunisia’s age structure is defined as “transitional” with 56 per cent of the population under 30.…(26 February 2011)
Building Asian cities in a sustainable way
The Star - Malaysia
The future of Asia is in its cities. It is the cities and the activities generated therein that will help the continent march forward. But in order for cities to thrive, it needs people. Although still one of the less urbanised continents, Asia's urban population has grown from 32% in 1990 to 42% in 2010, according to the United Nations Population Division. By 2026, half of Asia's 3.7 billion population from India to China (excluding the Middle East) will be city dwellers.…(26 February 2011)