Showing posts with label Associated Press. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Associated Press. Show all posts

04 May 2011

World population to reach 10.1 billion by 2100
Associated Press - USA
The U.N. said in a report on world trends released Tuesday that global population is expected to officially hit 6.9 billion on July 1 and 7 billion on Oct. 31. Most of the increase is expected from the world's "high-fertility countries," especially in sub-Saharan Africa. U.N. Population Division Director Hania Zlotnik said the projections depend on expected fertility rates, with populations in many nations aging as medical advances allow people to live longer and families opt to have fewer children. ,…(3 May 2011)

12 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)

02 March 2008

UN: Half World to Live in Cities Soon
The Associated Press -
Hania Zlotnik, head of the UN Population Division , expressed hope that increasing urbanization "will go hand in hand with economic growth. ... (26 February 2008)