21 November 2011

Children's condition - Wither demographic dividend?
Business Standard - India

India and the international community have been talking about the demographic dividend that India should reap until mid-century. United Nations Population Division data indeed reveal that the share of the working age group of 15-64 years in total population will grow in South Asia until 2040, in some until 2045, and in Afghanistan until 2075. The challenge is to convert this population into productive citizens through nutrition and education. ,…(21 November 2011)

14 November 2011

Is world population a problem or opportunity?
Shreveport Times - USA

There are some very real macro issues in play that deserve some of your attention. One of those was brought to light recently by the U.N. population division when it announced that the world population is now at 7 billion. That's up from 2.5 billion in 1950. To put 7 billion people into perspective, if we all stood shoulder to shoulder we would cover about 650 square miles. That's about the size of the country of Zanzibar.,…(12 November 2011)
The end of population growth
Cyprus Mail - Cyprus

According to the United Nations’ Population Division, the world’s human population hit seven billion on October 31. As always happens whenever we approach such a milestone, this one has produced a spike in conferences, seminars, and learned articles, including the usual dire Malthusian predictions. After all, the UN forecasts that world population will rise to 9.3 billion in 2050 and surpass 10 billion by the end of this century.,…(13 November 2011)

11 November 2011

A milestone we should be proud of
Oxford Student - UK

Demographic studies also show that fertility rates are in decline across 80 percent of the world, widely attributed to the trend towards urbanisation. Over half of the world’s population now lives in cities, where the economic benefit of having children is trifling. China’s one child policy, however disagreeable, has also contributed to the low fertility pattern. As a result, the United Nations Population Division predicts that the number of infants will begin to contract significantly in the next decade. ...(11 November 2011)

08 November 2011

What is the significance of 7 billion people living on our planet?
Sunday's Zaman - Turkey
Gerhard Heilig, chief of the population estimates and projections section of the UN Population Division, told The New York Times last Monday that “no one can know the exact number of people on the globe.” He stated that a margin of error of approximately 1 percent usually exists in such population calculations. This usually results in a significant difference, and thus Monday’s representation of the 7 billionth human on the planet is merely a symbolic public campaign. However, this population figure will certainly breach in the future, if the official projections are to be believed. What are the consequences of this greater number of people? There has been quite a bit of concern amongst several sectors of the media regarding the threat of over-population and its grave consequences for global food security and conflict. But is this really a threat? Population is tied to economic, political, environmental and cultural factors. It is certainly not a simple phenomenon.,…(6 November 2011)

04 November 2011

Today, you are one of 7 billion people
Detroit Free Press - USA

Demographers at the United Nations Population Division set Oct. 31, 2011, as the symbolic date for hitting 7 billion, while acknowledging that it's impossible to know for sure the specific time or day. Using slightly different calculations, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates the 7 billion threshold will not be reached until March.,…(1 November 2011)
All the benefits of a small town, none of the baggage
Turlock Journal - USA

According to the United Nations’ Population Division, the world’s human population hit seven billion on Oct. 31. Locally, we have also seen a jump in population — although not quite as drastic — with over 70,000 people inhabiting Turlock today, compared to just 13,992 in 1970. ,…(1 November 2011)
Nigeria Now World’s 6th Most Populous Country
PM News - Nigeria

At 167 million people, Nigeria is currently ranked the sixth largest population in the world. This follows a report that the world’s population officially hit seven billion on Monday. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged world leaders to meet the challenges that a growing population poses. NAN Correspondents at the UN report that Nigeria’s population is projected to increase from 390 million in 2050 to 730 million by 2100.
According to recent estimates by the UN Population Division by 2100 Nigeria will be the third most populous country in the world, next to India and China. ,…(1 November 2011)
Could 7 billion people live in a Texas-sized city?
SmartPlanet - USA
Hania Zlotnik, the director of the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs cautions against assuming too easy a definition because governments and urban areas themselves define “city” in numerous ways and their boundaries can shift, sometimes for political, demographic or economic reasons. Metropolitan areas spreading over large territory are absorbing or overtaking compact cities.,…(1 November 2011)
UN highlights food allocation difficulties
Austrian Independedent - Austria

The United Nations (UN) said that the seventh million human was born last Monday. The head of the organisation’s population division, Gerhard Heilig, said his department expected the world population to decline after it reached 10 billion in 2100. "Such a development will only happen if the birth rate shrinks dramatically in Africa and Asia," he told profil. Heilig added that there would be 27 billion people in the world in 2100 if fertility rates kept developing in unchanged manner. ,…(2 November 2011)


[Note: Mr. Heilig is the chief of the Population Estimates and Projections Section of the Population Division, not the head of the Population Division as indicated in the above article.]
Humanity hits the seven billion mark: how to deal
The Phoenix - USA

October 31, 2011 wasn’t just another Halloween — it was also a day chosen by the United Nations Population Division to symbolically mark the birth of the seven billionth person. Yet even more frightening: it is predicted that we will hit the eight billion mark in 14 years. ...(3 November 2011)
Price protection is needed
Agri-view - USA
The announcement on Oct. 31 by the United Nations Population Division that the Earth will have its 7 billionth person is certainly something to think about for livestock and grain producers. Of course there will be many swings in demand for agricultural commodities, but over the long run the demand to feed the world will grow. Decades from now it will be interesting to see if the demand and the supply of meat can keep up the pace with the growing population.,…(3 November 2011)
7 billion people and you: FAQs
BBC News - UK

Where did you get the information from? The data is provided by the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs at the United Nations, which prepares demographic estimates and projections for all countries and areas of the world. Their data serves as a consistent set of global population figures and may differ from your country's own figures. The latest data is found in the UN Population Division's 2010 Revision of the World Population Prospects, released on 3 May 2011. The division issues a new revision every two years. The next one is due in the first half of 2013.
,…(3 November 2011)

25 October 2011

Why population hysteria is more damaging than it seems
The Guardian - UK

Today, according to the UN's population division, 42% of the world's population lives in countries with fertility at below replacement level. Another 40% are in intermediate fertility countries, where people are replacing themselves. And the remaining 18% are living in countries with high fertility, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa, where women may be having five or more children on average.…(24 October 2011)
Zambia's growing population
BBC News - UK

The rising workload of UTH's maternity unit is a tangible sign of Zambia's growing population. It is 13 million now and projected to triple by 2050 according to the UN Population Division. Even its most cautious projection has the population at 100 million by 2100, with its medium (or best estimate) being 140 million. …(24 October 2011)
U.N. analysts deploy many tools to project world’s population
Washington Post - USA
Conjuring up uncounted people by cross-referencing census data with surveys and other statistics is a common trick of the demographics trade, one of several methods used recently by researchers at the U.N. Population Division to arrive at their landmark population projection: 7 billion people inhabiting Earth on Oct. 31. (...) The United Nations is regarded in most quarters as the gold standard of population projection, but not everyone agrees with its estimates. ,…(24 October 2011)

24 October 2011

Talking Their Way Out of a Population Crisis
New York Times - USA
The world’s seven billionth person is about to be born, according to the United Nations Population Division. Before this century ends, there could well be 10 billion of us, a billion more than previously expected. Nearly all of these extra billion people will be born in Africa, where women in some countries bear seven children each on average, and only 1 in 10 uses contraception. With mortality rates from disease falling, the population of some countries could increase eightfold in the next century.,…(22 October 2011)
30% of GCC youth face unemployment
Dubai Chronicle - UAE

The UN Population Division’s 2010 report on “World Population Prospects” reports that GCC youth accounts for a substantial 30 percent of the working-age population, but unemployment is the highest among global regions. On average, only a third of the GCC youth are in the labor force, compared to half of youth globally. Part of the problem is the proliferation of foreigners.,…(23 October 20118)

20 October 2011

Seven billion and counting
Nature - UK
"It's a relatively simple accounting framework: only birth, death and migration can change a population," says Thomas Buettner, assistant director of the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs in New York City, where the calculation was carried out on a standard desktop PC. "But there are a lot of conflicting data as well."…(19 October 2011)

17 October 2011

Too Many People?
The New Yorker - US
The United Nations has been analyzing and forecasting the world’s demographics for decades. 1966, Henry S. F. Cooper visited the Secretariat’s Population Division to speak with two officers, Milos Macura and Inderjit Singh. At that point, the U.N. estimated the global population at three billion three hundred and thirty million. Cooper asked them to look ahead, and Macura correctly forecast that the largest population growths would happen in China and India, and said, “The solution isn’t merely to cut the birthrate but to increase economic growth as well." ,…(17 October 2011)

14 October 2011

U.S. teen birth rate down slightly
UPI - US
The U.S. birth rate for females ages 15-19 was 39.1 births per 1,000 females in 2009 -- a historic low -- but the rate was higher than in a number of other developed countries. The United Nations Population Division said the teen birth rate in Canada was 14 births per 1,000 female teens; in Germany, it was 10 births per 1,000 female teens; and in Italy, 7 per 1,000 female teens, the report said. ,…(13 October 2011)
When will the 7 billionth human be born?
New Scientist - UK
Wolfgang Lutz of the Vienna Institute of Demography says the UN is "under political pressure to disregard uncertainty and name a date" for 7 billion. But he and colleague Sergei Scherbov estimate that the world probably won't reach 7 billion until early in 2013, though it could be as late as 2020. The director of the UN population division Hania Zlotnik defends her data but agrees that "an interval of a few months or even a year would be a reasonable range of uncertainty".…(14 October 2011)

12 October 2011

In Russia, a Demographic Crisis and Worries for Nation's Future
The Atlantic - USA
To a non-expert like me, the Russian demographic story is fascinating, not just because of its national and geopolitical implications but because it is about both low birth rates and high death rates. Male life expectancy in Russia today is approximately 60 years, or at least 15 years less than in most industrialized nations. It has been oft-remarked that many developed nations now have declining birth rates because of job opportunities for women. But Russia's low birth rates are due to economic problems, and together with high death rates caused by poor health, these factors make Russian's demographic problems striking. Together these have led to a decline in Russian population from 148.6 million in 1993 after the breakup of the Soviet Union, to 146 million at the beginning of the 21st century, to somewhere bewteen 139 and 143 million today. The UN Population Division estimated several years ago that Russian population in the year 2025 -- one year after President Putin would complete two six-year terms -- would continue to decline dramatically, settling in a range from 121 million to 136 million.,…(11 October 2011)

07 October 2011

Earth's population to amount to 7 billion in November
Pravda - Russian Federation
As predicted by the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, by 2100, the number of inhabitants of Earth could exceed $10 billion. Some experts predicted that this number can be reached by mid-century. However, many experts talk about the inevitable slowing of population growth and the beginning of a reverse process.…(7 October 2011)

06 October 2011

Ag. commissioner seeks re-election
Daily Comet - USA
If re-elected, Strain said he would begin to view his department’s role on more of a global scale. He noted an “alarming statistic” released by the United Nations Population Division. It projects that the global population could reach 9.3 billion by mid-century and 10.1 billion by 2100. “We must feed, clothe, house and provide energy worldwide to meet this growing demand, and this will result in a tremendous economic impact to all of America,” Strain said... (5 October 2011)

21 September 2011

PH faces population ageing by the end of the century, UN data shows
Business World Online - Philippines
The country’s population is projected to balloon to nearly 155 million by 2050, but declining fertility rates will likely lead to population ageing by the end of the century, latest estimates by the United Nations (UN) showed. There will be about 154.9 million Filipinos by 2050, up 66% from last year’s estimate of 93.3 million, according to the 2010 revision of the World Population Prospects prepared by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs. This is based on a “medium” projection. (...) The UN Population Division’s “low” projection, however, indicates that population could peak to 135.5 million by as early as 2060, declining to 133.2 million by 2070. In this scenario, the fertility rate is just 1.45 children per woman, declining to 1.35 by 2100 when the population drops further to 107.9 million. ,…(21 September 2011)

08 September 2011

Within A Generation, China Middle Class Four Times Larger Than America's
Forbes - USA
Within a generation, the middle class in China will be roughly four times the size of the American middle class population, according to the UN Population Division and Goldman Sachs. By 2030, China should have approximately 1.4 billion middle class consumers compared to 365 million in the U.S. and 414 million in Western Europe. India is next, with its citizens moving up the income ladder and reaching a sizeable 1.07 billion in a little under 20 years. (...)(5 September 2011)

07 September 2011

The hinge of fate
The News - Pakistan

Because Pakistan has not conducted a census since 1998, the country’s population size is conjectural. The government of Pakistan estimates the current figure at about 175 million people, while the United Nations believes the number is closer to 185 million. However, while the precise figure may be in doubt, the population’s rapid rise is not. Though no longer increasing at the more than three percent seen in the 1980s, at which rate the population doubles every 25 years. Pakistan’s population is still growing at more than two percent. According to the UN Population Division’s latest mid-range demographic projections released in 2009, the population will rise to 335 million by 2050. The Pakistan Institute of Development Economics forecasts population to be 350 million by 2050. ,…(7 September 2011)

17 August 2011

Earth at seven billion
National Post - Canada
“Every indicator of human well-being that you can measure … there’s no question it’s better today, no matter how many people we have,” said Hania Zlotnik, head of the UN’s Population Division. “On the whole, society has been extremely successful, both in reducing population growth from its peak and making life better for most people.”[...]At the same time, more efforts are needed to lower the birth rate in high-fertility regions to avoid worst-case population scenarios, and potentially to slow growth even more than expected, said Ms. Zlotnik. The UN population czar rejects the conventional economic wisdom that fertility starts falling only as affluence in a country rises, saying there are many examples where birth rates have shrunk independent of an economic boom. Bangladesh, for instance, is moving fast toward replacement-level fertility because of robust programs that encourage child and maternal health and family planning. (13 August 2011)

08 August 2011

Learning to live on a crowded planet
Globe and Mail - South Africa

Hania Zlotnik, director of the UN Population Division, says all of this could have been much worse if not for rapid changes to the lives of women. Women are better educated, have more work opportunities and pressures, and get better access to birth control, and that has led to a dramatic drop in fertility over the last two generations. Worldwide, women now have half as many children as they did in the 1960s and just slightly more than is needed to replace and maintain the current population.,…(4 August 2011)

Sustaining seven billion

The Mark - Canada

This October, the United Nations Population Division expects the world’s population to surpass seven billion – a number that has nearly tripled since 1950. Close to half of the population – three billion people – is under the age of 25, making this the largest youth generation in history. While the growth of the population presents challenges, it also provides an unprecedented opportunity to address some of the world’s most pressing issues.…(5 August 2011)
Census: Share of children in U.S. hits record low
The Mercury - USA

Japan, France, Germany and Canada each have lower shares of children under age 15, ranging between 13 percent in Japan and 17 percent in Canada, while nations in Africa and the Middle East have some of the largest shares, including 50 percent in Niger and 46 percent in Afghanistan, according to figures from the United Nations Population Division. In the U.S., the share of children under 15 is 20 percent.…(7 August 2011)

03 August 2011

Population politics: nature and consequences
New Age - Bangladesh
(...) According to a recent report released by the United Nations Population Division, the world population—currently about 7 billion—will not stabilise at 9.3 billion by the middle of the twenty-first century as previously thought but will continue to grow till the end of the century. According to 2010 Revision of the World Population Prospects, the official UN population projections prepared by the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs released in May 2011, the world population will hit a staggering 10.1 billion by the year 2100. (...) Based on the countries’ reported fertility rates, the UN Population Division divided the world into three categories: high fertility countries, intermediate fertility countries, and low fertility countries. (...) The UN Population Division identified Bangladesh as an intermediate-fertility country based on the information provided by the government. tan, Ghana, Yemen, Mozambique and Madagascar. Needless to say, the high-fertility The UN Population Division projects that the population of Bangladesh, an intermediate-fertility country, will grow to about 195 million by 2070s and then start to decline. However, like the census figures, this projection is also based on the assumption that Bangladesh will achieve a fertility rate of 1.8 or 1.9 within the next few years. Clearly this is unlikely to happen so soon. (...)
31 July 2011)

01 August 2011

Biodiversity On Earth Plummets, Despite Growth in Protected Habitats
Huffington Post - USA
Global population is expected to pass 7 billion in October, according to new estimates from the population division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs at the United Nations. That's an increase of 1 billion people in about a dozen years. Other challenges include the size of protected areas -- which are often too small for larger species to survive -- and the lack of connectivity between protected areas, which is needed for healthy genetic dispersal. ,…(30 July 2011)

29 July 2011

World population to top 7 billion before 2012
Wired - UK
The latest demographic estimates from the United Nations indicate that the global human population will top 7 billion before 2012. The population division of the department of economic and social affairs has released a report suggesting that the milestone will be achieved a mere 12 years after the 6 billion figure was hit in 1999. Another 2.3 billion are expected to be added by 2050, with human population hitting 10.1 billion in 2100. …(29 July 2011)

28 July 2011

Families downsizing
IPS Inter-Press Service - Italy

Nicaragua, a country of 5.8 million people, is also making efforts to promote family planning. Its crude birth rate has in fact fallen from 46 to 24 live births per 1,000 population between 1970 and 2009, according to the United Nations Population Division. ,…(27 July 2011)

26 July 2011

‘Green’ the environment
Borneo Post - Malaysia
Engineers should think ‘green’ and not merely ‘large’ when designing and commissioning projects, Chief Minister Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud said yesterday. Launching the Asean Australian Engineering Congress here, he said the ‘green approach’ was necessary because environmental issues such as the greenhouse effect, deforestation, pollution, environmental degradation and climate change had grown to an alarming proportion in many parts of the world. (...) “Overpopulation poses yet another challenge. According to the United Nations Population Division, the worldwide population is expected to increase by 2.6 billion over the next 45 years…that is from 6.5 billion today to over nine billion by then. “The huge population is already putting a strain on limited natural resources that we have. All these problems, which are becoming commonplace, demand that we re-examine and change the way we live.”…(26 July 2011)

20 July 2011

What a population of 7 billion people means for the planet
The Guardian - UK

Demographers aren't known for their sense of humor, but the ones who work for the United Nations recently announced that the world's human population will hit 7 billion on Halloween this year. Since censuses and other surveys can scarcely justify such a precise calculation, it's tempting to imagine that the UN Population Division, the data shop that pinpointed the Day of 7 Billion, is hinting that we should all be afraid, be very afraid. We have reason to be. The 21st century is not yet a dozen years old, and there are already 1 billion more people than in October 1999 — with the outlook for future energy and food supplies looking bleaker than it has for decades. …(18 July 2011)
UN body rejigs Bangladesh head count
Bangladesh News 24 - Bangladesh

The United Nations Population Division has revised its head count figure for Bangladesh that drew flak from several quarters in 2010. To one's surprise, the UN has also revised drastically the mid-century (2050) population projection for Bangladesh, according to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). The UNFPA on October 21, 2010 in its 'State of the World Population 2010' said that 'the population of Bangladesh is now 164.4 million, with an annual growth rate of 1.4 percent'. The government, however, rejected the numbers outright, as it was 15 million more than the count of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) that conducts census every 10 years. Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith binned the report saying it was 'unauthoised meddling'. "They (UNFPA) have no such right," he said after the report was released. Finally, on May 3, 2011, the UN Population Division revised Bangladesh's population close to 149 million.Prior to 2004, the UN Population Division estimated that Bangladesh's population would reach 218 million in 2050, and in 2004, they said it would be 243 million. In 2006, they jumped up to 256 million and then dropped the figure in 2008 when they said Bangladesh's population would be 222.5 million, close to other estimates like the one of US Population Reference Bureau. Now they say in 2050, Bangladesh's population would be 194 million and 'that is the peak – thereafter population declines'. bdnews24.com tried drawing planning minister's attention to the issue at the release of the preliminary results of the 5th Population and Housing Census 2011, but he chose not to react.Later prime minister's advisor Mashiur Rahman in his speech quipped, "In the world of knowledge, if we think we are the only wise people, then knowledge will not expand." "We should also accept those, who cultivate knowledge," he added referring to a query bdnews24.com raised before the planning minister whether organisations other than the government's BBS had the mandate to generate population data. "It's ridiculous," said Ahmed-al Sabir, a population researcher and consultant of USA-based Measure Evaluation."It only creates confusion," he said, adding that BBS should remove such confusions in a pro-active manner. However, UNFPA assistant representative Noor Mohammad told bdnews24.com that they do not generate any population data. "We bring out a world population report every year using data from Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat." "They generate the counts taking different countries' statistics," he said, adding that population projections can be different due to different methods of calculation."As census is conducted every 10 years, the UN Population Division generates those data during the interim periods," he said, adding all UN organisations use those data. The preliminary results of the 5th Population and Housing Census 2011 showed Bangladesh's population hitting 142.319 million on March 15. (17 July 2011)
Empowering Women Reduces Poverty
The Star - Kenya

According to the median projection of the UN Population Division, world population will reach 8 billion by 2025, 9 billion by 2043, and then 10 billion by 2083. These projections though are premised on access to family planning and the rights of women, men and young people to make their own choices about childbearing,…(12 July 2011)
World's population soon to hit 7 billion
CBC - Canada
The UN Population Division expects the population to keep growing until the middle of this century, despite dramatic declines in fertility rates around the world.
The vast majority of current population growth is in the developing world. Approximately 97 out of every 100 people are born in countries that are already struggling to meet the needs of their citizens
,…(10 July 2011)
What a world of 7bn could mean, by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin
The Observer - Uganda

On October 31, 2011, the world population will reach seven billion, according to the United Nations Population Division. This global milestone presents a challenge, an opportunity, and a call to action. Whether we can live together on a healthy planet will depend on the choices that we make now.
,…(10 July 2011)
World Population Day observed Monday
Manila Bulletin - Philippines

The world’s current population is estimated at 6.8 billion. At the beginning of 2005, the United Nations Population Division released revisions to its World Population Prospects publication with a scenario placing the world’s population at a little more than nine billion in 2050. A month ago, however, the 2010 Revision of World Population Prospects projected world population to reach seven billion in October, 2011. Most of the population growth would occur in the developing world.,…(10 July 2011)
Unplanned urbanisation and future of Dhaka city
Financial Express - Bangladesh
Dhaka will be the second largest city in the world in terms of population by 2015, next to Tokyo, with a growth of urban population at a rate of 3.1 per cent per year, according to a report of the United Nations Population Division on agglomeration in the world cities. By then, the projected population of the metropolis will rise to 21.1 million.,…(10 July 2011)
Sanjeev Sanyal: World population - Boom to bust?
Business Standard - India

Tomorrow is World Population Day and we are probably expected to spend it fretting over demographic growth. The United Nations Population Division recently forecast that world population will hit almost 7 billion this year, 9.3bn in 2050 and over 10 billion by the end of this century. It also forecasts that India will surpass China as the world’s most populous country before 2025 and that its population will peak at 1.72bn in 2060.…(10 July 2011)
In a World of 7 Billion People, We Must Invest in Adolescents and Young People, by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin
Huffington Post - USA
While there is no consensus on the planet's carrying capacity, we do know that population will continue to grow. According to projections from the U.N. Population Division, world population will likely reach 10 billion before the turn of the century.,…(6 July 2011)
Gov't pressed on population problems
Manila Bulletin - Philippines

Based on the 2010 Revision of World Population Prospects, the official United Nations population projections prepared by the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the world’s population is projected to reach 7 billion on October 31 of this year. Health Secretary Enrique Ona, who attended the press briefing, said the Aquino administration is very much committed in ensuring that the welfare of Filipino families will be safeguarded. He said that the position of President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III on the issue regarding the RH Bill is that he is against abortion but is supportive of responsible parenthood.,…(7 July 2011)
Approaching a world of seven billion people, by Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin
The Independent - UK
On 31 October 2011, world population will reach 7 billion, according to the United Nations Population Division. This global milestone presents a challenge, an opportunity, and a call to action. Whether we can live together on a healthy planet will depend on the choices that we make now.,…(6 July 2011)
The ghost of Thomas Malthus hovers over unsustainable global population increases
The Australian - Australia
Still, we have been able to take comfort that population growth looked like peaking at about nine billion by the middle of this century and falling after that. At least that was until the UN Population Division released its latest two-yearly projections in May. It has increased its 2050 figure by 156 million to 9.3 billion from its estimate two years earlier, and by 390 million since 2002. Instead of population growth stopping in the middle of the century, it is projecting merely a marked slowing down, to reach 10.1 billion by 2100.,…(2 July 2011)
Nigerian population to hit 402m in 2050
Business Day - Nigeria

Another survey by the United Nations Population Division has tended to support the US Census Board, saying the African continent is expected to lead the global population explosion in an era when the Asia leaders and Russia would be declining while the US would maintain a plateau (stagnate).,…(2 July 2011)
Longer lifespans could be a blow for Asia
China Daily - China
But amid the raging faith-versus-opinion debate, statistics reveal that the population of the Philippines is exploding. According to the United Nations Population Division, at the current rate of growth, the 93 million people now living in the country could grow to 100 million by 2015, and 150 million by 2050. Many fear that the Philippines will not be able to support so many people. In the long term, the trend creates challenges not only for policymakers, but also countless poor families that support multiple children. ,…(2 July 2011)
Census Update: What the World Will Look like in 2050
Time - USA

In fact, according to the U.N. Population Division, although only 18% of the world's population lives in so-called high-fertility countries (places where women have more than 1.5 daughters on average), most of those countries are in Africa; the continent is expected to experience significant population growth in the coming decades, which could compound the already-dire food-supply issues in some African nations. ,…(30 June 2011)
The changing consumer
Asian Investor - UK
In emerging markets, there is an annual income threshold of around $6,000 where consumption explodes. Discretionary spending becomes possible, including travel and holidays,” explains Neele. And the number of people with this level of income is rising. The UN’s Population Division expects the number to rise from 2.5 billion now to more than 5 billion by 2030. …(29 June 2011)
Where have all the girls gone
Foreign Policy - USA

The story begins in the mid-20th century, when several factors converged to make Western demographers worried about global population growth. Thanks to advances in public health, people were living longer than ever before. Projections released by the U.N. Population Division in 1951 suggested what the sum of all those extra years of life could be: Rapid population growth was on the horizon, particularly in the developing world. As pundits forecast a global "population explosion," anxiety mounted in policy circles, and the population control movement that coalesced brought together everyone from environmentalists to McCarthyites. Viewed through a 1960s Beltway lens, mounting numbers of people meant higher rates of poverty, which in turn made countries more vulnerable to communism. ,…(27 June 2011)

20 June 2011

The great shift from farm to city
Los Angeles Times - USA
This will be matched by an almost as dramatic decline in rural population. The United Nations Population Division predicts that the population of the world's villages and rural areas will stop growing around eight years from now and that, by 2050, the rural population will have fallen by 600 million due to migration to cities and urban encroachment on villages.(19 June 2011)
Population growth spurs surge to Asia's cities
Channel News Asia - Singapore
Somewhere in the world -- Asia would be a good bet -- a pregnant woman is carrying a baby destined to be the planet's seven billionth human being. The historic baby is due to be born on October 31, the United Nations Population Division predicts. Bookmakers have made Asia the hot favourite for the symbolic arrival, possibly for no better reason than that the sun rises in the east, giving Asian mothers a head start,…(20 June 2011)

15 June 2011

A world of 10 billion
Macleans - Canada

With fertility levels slipping in many parts of the world, it will take an estimated 14 years, from 2011 to 2025, for the world to add its eight-billionth person, and another 18 years to add its ninth. Adding number 10 billion won’t happen until 2083, a full 40 years after the nine billionth is born. These forecasts are based on the UN Population Division’s “medium-variant” scenarios, which are considered the most likely to come to pass. ... (15 June 2011)
Textiles for Humankind
Textile World - USA
In the recently published "2010 Revision of World Population Prospects," the Population Division of the United Nations (UN) Department of Economic and Social Affairs estimates that the global population will reach 9.3 billion in 2050 and 10.1 billion in 2100. In a previous report published in 2008, the UN estimated the global population would reach up to 9.15 billion people in 2050. (...) These somewhat theoretical figures seem to point to big opportunities for new textile business outside the fashion sector. However, as noted by investment banker Martin O. Hutchinson, a contributing editor to the Money Map Report and Money Morning: "[T]his explosive population growth figures to be a disaster from a global-resources standpoint - and for two very good reasons. "First, if we want all 10.1 billion people [in 2100] to enjoy a standard of living that's essentially on par with us here in the West (meaning they all have automobiles, washing machines, refrigerator/freezers, and all the rest of the latest electronic gadgets), the consumer demand will put an impossible strain on global resources - and if the global-warming theory proves accurate, will heat our planet up like a meatball in a wok. "Second, the vast majority of these new people will be in very poor countries, many of which are already stretched in terms of water, food and other resources."
In this scenario, recycling becomes a simple matter of surviving; and recycled fiber material is an excellent raw material for all kinds of industrial textiles products such as geotextiles and many more. ,…(14 June 2011)
Pacific population reaches 10m
Islands Business - Fiji
The 2010 Revision of World Population Prospects, prepared by the Population Division at the UN’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), shows that a small variation in fertility could lead to major long-term differences in the size of the global population. Based on the medium projection, the number of people in the world—currently close to 7 billion—should pass 8 billion in 2023, 9 billion by 2041 and then 10 billion at some point after 2081.…(15 June 2011)

13 June 2011

We’re all...just little bits of history repeating
Significance Magazine - UK

In May 2011 the United Nations Population Division released “The 2010 Revision” of its world population estimates and projections. The headline story was that the projection was up greatly on the previous medium variant estimate. We were now projected to number 10.1 billion within the next ninety years, 9.3 billion by 2050. The Division’s press release came with a health warning “Small variations in fertility can produce major differences in the size of populations over the long run. The high projection variant, whose fertility is just half a child above that in the medium variant, produces a world population of 10.6 billion in 2050 and 15.8 billion in 2100. The low variant, whose fertility remains half a child below that of the medium, produces a population that reaches 8.1 billion in 2050 and declines towards the second half of this century to reach 6.2 billion in 2100.”,…(13 June 2011)

26 May 2011

Demographic tectonics
New York Times - US

Slow but steady contraction in the north, vigorous and sustained expansion in Africa; seven billion of us by October this year, eight billion sometime around 2025. The latest United Nations population figures provide a dramatic glimpse of how the demographic map of the planet is being reshaped. For the latest revision of its biennial “World Population Prospects,” the U.N. Population Division has extended its forecasts by 50 years, to 2100. Long-term forecasts must be taken with a grain of salt — they “have no operational role,” as the French demographer Hervé Le Bras has written; they just help “staging and exaggerating today’s fears.” ,…(25 May 2011)

25 May 2011

World needs a larger kitchen, Thailand please note
Bangkok Post - Thailand

In his keynote address at the Future of Food Conference in Washington on May 4, Prince Charles warned that the world needed to urgently create a new food system based largely on organic agriculture, in order to feed a world population that is heading towards 9 billion - or 219,000 new mouths to feed every day. (...)Alarming as that may sound, the challenges could very well be greater than the Prince of Wales indicated, because three days after he delivered the address, the United Nations Population Division came out with new projections, saying that the world population would not stop growing at 9 billion; rather, it is heading for over 10 billion by 2100 before levelling off. …(25 May 2011)

24 May 2011

Hania Zlotnik on newest UN population numbers
EarthSky - US
According to figures released by the United Nations in May of 2011, Earth’s human population will cross the seven billion mark on October 31 of this year. EarthSky spoke to U.N. Population Division Director Hania Zlotnik. (...) She said that, according to the latest U.N. projections, Earth’s population will hit 9.3 billion in the year 2050 – and 10.1 billion in the year 2100. She explained that most of the growth is expected to occur in developing countries. (...) The U.N.’s population projections highlight an urgent need for effective family planning in the developing world, said Zlotnik. If population in developing countries rises at faster rates than projected, she said, the world could have more like 16 billion people by the end of the 21st century. …(25 May 2011)
Life Insurance New Business Premium up 14.5 % for FY11
Indiainfoline - India

Life Insurance, as a unique asset class, is expected to not only boom but also out-perform during this decade. It will in fact complement and support other asset segments including equity, spurred by favorable demographic profile, high house-hold savings and expected manifold growth in economy in the next 10 years.
(...) As per UN population division projections, India’s population by 2015 will constitute of 30% individuals under age 14 and a whopping 60% in the age group of 15 to 59 years indicating a potential high-growth prospect for the Indian Life Insurance industry,…(23 May 2011)

23 May 2011

Kingdom's spending focus restrains private sector
Arab News - Saudi Arabia

The reasons behind this sluggish trend in real income have been rapid population growth occurring without a correspondingly large expansion in the economy, particularly the non-oil economy. Compared with countries such as Nigeria, Malaysia, South Africa or Turkey, Saudi Arabia's population has grown tremendously quickly. Re-based data of the United Nations Population Division show the Saudi population expanded 182.4 percent between 1980 and 2010.,…(19 May 2011)

10 May 2011

The Myth of 9 Billion: Why ignoring family planning overseas was the worst foreign-policy mistake of the century
Foreign Policy - USA

This week, the United Nations Population Division made a radical shift in its population projections. Previously, the organization had estimated that the number of people living on the planet would reach around 9 billion by 2050 -- and then level off. Now everything has changed: Rather than leveling off, the population size will continue to grow, reaching 10 billion or more at century's end. ,…(9 May 2011)

09 May 2011

Demography and Destiny
Council on Foreign Relations - USA
This week, the United Nations Population Division released new projections for the world’s population. Since they were last done in 2008, the UN’s projections have been revised upwards: fertility rates are just not falling as fast as earlier predicted. The new report says that by 2050, the world will mostly likely have 9.3 billion people, up from around seven billion this year. This is an increase of 156 million people over the UN’s last estimate for global population in 2050. (...) Demography is not destiny, but the UN projections hold important implications for economic growth, security, and leadership in the twenty-first century. (6 May 2011)

06 May 2011

Überbevölkerung: Auf der Erde wird’s eng
Schweizer Fernsehen, Switzerland
Damit hat die UNO ihre Prognose nach oben korrigiert. Das wären nämlich 200 Millionen mehr, als bislang vermutet – also nochmals 25-mal die Schweiz. 2100 sollen es dann voraussichtlich über zehn Milliarden sein, wie die Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung (DSW) bekanntgab. 13 Jahre habe es gedauert bis die Weltbevölkerung von fünf auf sechs Milliarden gestiegen sei, erklärt der stellvertretende Direktor der UNO-Bevölkerungsabteilung, Thomas Büttner. Für die nächste Milliarde habe sie nunmehr zehn Jahre gebraucht. …(3 May 2011)
Bald leben zehn Milliarden Menschen auf der Erde
Der Spiegel - Germany
Bis zum Jahr 2050 wächst die Weltbevölkerung der DSW-Prognose zufolge noch rasanter als bisher angenommen. Leben derzeit knapp sieben Milliarden Menschen auf der Erde, so werden es demnach 2050 bereits 9,3 Milliarden sein. Die Prognose der Uno gibt sogar ein konkretes Datum an: Am 31. Oktober 2011 soll den Berechnungen zufolge die Sieben-Milliarden-Marke erstmals geknackt werden, wie der stellvertretende Direktor der Uno-Bevölkerungsabteilung, Thomas Büttner, sagte. Allerdings räumte Büttner ein, das Datum sei als Symbol zu verstehen, um auf das stetige weltweite Bevölkerungswachstum hinzuweisen. Es sei eine statistische Hochrechnung, exakt könne der Tag nicht bestimmt werden. …(3 May 2011)
7.000.000.000 Menschen
Süddeutsche Zeitung - Germany
Aus den neuen Prognosen, die die UN heute in Berlin bekannt gegeben haben, geht auch hervor, dass die Weltbevölkerung bis 2050 stärker wächst als angenommen: auf 9,3 Milliarden Menschen. Anzeige Dabei gab es in den vergangenen 60 Jahren durchaus positive Entwicklungen, sagt Thomas Büttner, stellvertretende Direktor der UN-Bevölkerungsabteilung: Weltweit sind die durchschnittlichen Überlebenschancen und die Lebenserwartung gestiegen und die Fertilitätsrate (Zahl der Kinder pro Frau) gesunken. ,…(3 May 2011)
UN heben Prognose für Wachstum der Weltbevölkerung an
Deutsche Welle - Germany
Die Weltbevölkerung wird nach neuen Berechnungen der Vereinten Nationen in den kommenden 40 Jahren stärker wachsen als bislang angenommen, vorrangig in den Entwicklungsländern. Die UN-Bevölkerungsabteilung geht in einer in Berlin und New York veröffentlichten neuen Studie davon aus, dass im Jahr 2050 rund 9,3 Milliarden Menschen auf der Erde leben werden. Damit korrigieren die UN ihre Hochrechnungen aus dem Jahr 2009 um rund 200 Millionen Personen nach oben. Daneben gehen die Vereinten Nationen weiterhin von einer starken Alterung der Menschheit aus, vor allem in den hochentwickelten Industriestaaten. Im Jahr 2100 werden nach der Projektion voraussichtlich 10,1 Milliarden Menschen auf der Erde leben. Derzeit sind es knapp sieben Milliarden. (3 May 2011)
Afrikas Population soll sich verdreifachen
Handelsblatt- Germany
Das Bevölkerungswachstum findet fast ausschließlich in den Entwicklungsländern statt, wie es hieß. Allein in Afrika werde sich die Bevölkerung von heute 1,02 Milliarden auf voraussichtlich knapp 3,6 Milliarden Menschen im Jahr 2100 mehr als verdreifachen. In Europa hingegen wird die Bevölkerung abnehmen: Leben hier heute noch 738 Millionen Menschen, werden es in 90 Jahren voraussichtlich nur noch 674 Millionen Menschen sein, wie aus der Prognose hervorgeht. Deutschland werde 2100 bei gleich bleibender Fruchtbarkeit trotz moderater Zuwanderung 38 Millionen Menschen weniger zählen, China sogar eine halbe Milliarde weniger, sagte der stellvertretende Direktor der UN-Bevölkerungsabteilung, Thomas Büttner. Indien werde China voraussichtlich bereits im Jahr 2021 als bevölkerungsreichstes Land der Erde überholen. ,…(3 May 2011)
Die Weltbevölkerung wächst schneller als erwartet
Neue Zürcher Zeitung - Switzerland
Die Weltbevölkerung wächst bis 2050 noch rasanter als bisher angenommen. Leben derzeit knapp sieben Milliarden Menschen auf der Erde, so werden es 2050 nach einer Schätzung der Uno 9,3 Milliarden sein. Das sind 200 Millionen mehr als noch vor zwei Jahren vorausgesagt. Schon diesen Oktober werden erstmals 7 Milliarden Menschen auf der Erde leben, wie der stellvertretende Direktor der Uno-Bevölkerungsabteilung, Thomas Büttner, sagte. Er räumte ein, das Datum sei als Symbol zu verstehen, um auf das stetige weltweite Bevölkerungswachstum hinzuweisen. Es sei eine statistische Hochrechnung, exakt könne der Tag natürlich nicht bestimmt werden. ,…(3 May 2011)
Am 31. Oktober sind wir sieben Milliarden Menschen
Die Welt - Germany

Noch in diesem Jahr wird die Weltbevölkerung die Sieben-Milliarden-Marke überschreiten. Als Termin haben die UN-Statistiker den 31. Oktober ermittelt. Wahrscheinlich wird der siebenmilliardste Mensch ein Junge sein, sagte Thomas Büttner von der UN-Bevölkerungsabteilung bei der Vorstellung der neuen Zahlen in Berlin. Weltweit würden insgesamt etwas mehr Jungen als Mädchen geboren.,…(3 May 2011)
Weltbevölkerung wächst schneller als gedacht
ORF - Austria
Das Wachstum findet fast ausschließlich in den Entwicklungsländern statt. Allein in Afrika wird sich die Bevölkerung von heute 1,02 Milliarden auf voraussichtlich knapp 3,6 Milliarden Menschen im Jahr 2100 mehr als verdreifachen. In Europa hingegen nimmt die Bevölkerung ab: Leben hier heute noch 738 Millionen Menschen, werden es in 90 Jahren voraussichtlich nur noch 674 Millionen sein. "Die Bevölkerung wächst in den am wenigsten entwickelten Ländern der Welt am schnellsten, etwa in Liberia, Niger und Uganda", erklärte der stellvertretende Direktor der UN-Bevölkerungsabteilung, Thomas Büttner. ,…(3 May 2011)
Neue Studie zur Weltbevölkerung: Im Oktober sieben Milliarden Menschen
Rheinische Post - Germany
In Europa hingegen werde die Bevölkerung schrumpfen - von derzeit 738 Millionen auf 674 Millionen Menschen in 90 Jahren. "Die Bevölkerung wächst in den am wenigsten entwickelten Ländern der Welt am schnellsten, etwa in Liberia, Niger und Uganda", erklärte der Vize-Direktor der UN-Bevölkerungsabteilung, Thomas Büttner. ,…(3 May 2011)
U.N. Predicts 9.3 Billion Population by 2050
IPS News- USA
The United Nations is predicting that come Oct. 31, the world population will hit the seven billion mark - and keep expanding till it reaches 9.3 billion by the year 2050. Much of this increase, according to the Population Division of the U.N.'s Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), is projected to come from 58 high-fertility countries: 39 in Africa, nine in Asia, six in Oceania and four in Latin America. These countries include some of the poorest of the world's poor: Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Mali, Ethiopia, and East Timor, along with middle income countries such as Jordan, Pakistan, Honduras, Guatemala and the Philippines.,…(3 May 2011)
Överbefolkning hot i Afrika
Göteborgs Posten - Sweden

Världens befolkning, som i oktober i år väntas nå upp till 7 miljarder, kommer tvärs emot tidigare prognoser att fortsätta öka under hela det här århundradet, enligt en ny prognos från FN. År 2100 kommer vi att vara 10,1 miljarder människor på jorden. Så här ser siffrorna ut för vissa världsdelar och länder: Folkmängd 2010/2100 Asien 4,1/4,6 miljarder; Afrika 1/3,6 miljarder; Latinamer. 590/687 miljoner; Europa 738/675 miljoner; Kina 1,34/941 miljoner; Indien 1,22/1,55 miljarder; Nigeria 158/729 miljoner; Brasilien 195/177 miljoner; USA 310/478 miljoner; Ryssland 143/111 miljoner; Tyskland 82/70 miljoner; Frankrike 63/80 miljoner.(Källa: FN Population Division/TT)…(6 May 2011)

05 May 2011

Más indios que chinos
El País- Spain
El ritmo de crecimiento se modera de un 1,16% anual entre 2010 y 2015 hasta el 0,4% entre 2045 y 2050, y de ahí bajará hasta estancarse en los últimos cinco años del siglo. Esta desaceleración, explicó Hania Zlotnik, directora del departamento de Población de la ONU, se debe a la caída en la tasa de fecundidad. China tocará techo en 2030, pero India crecerá mucho más rápido y se colocará en lo más alto nueve años antes. …(4 May 2011)
Latinoamérica dismimuirá su población en 90 años
El Siglo de Tucumán - Argentina

Un estudio elaborado por la División de Población del Departamento de Asuntos Sociales y Económicos de la ONU (DESA) actualizó, apartir de cifras de 2010, las tendencias demográficas del planeta. El trabajo determinó que dentro de 90 años vivirán 10.100 millones de personas -3 mil millones más que en la actualidad- y que el crecimiento será impulsado por las áreas geográficas de alta fertilidad -más de 1,5 hijos por mujer- que se encuentran principalmente en África. Según el informe, Latinoamérica, que el año pasado representaba el 8,6 por ciento (597 millones de personas), reducirá su representatividad hasta el 8,1 por ciento en 2050 (751 millones de personas), para caer cincuenta años después hasta el 6,8 por ciento (688 millones de personas).…(4 May 2011)
En el 2100 la población mundial superaría los 10 mil millones de habitantes
Clarin - Argentina
Los responsables del estudio calculan que a finales de este año se llegará a los 7.000 millones de personas y que el crecimiento se notará a mediados de este siglo, cuando en el mundo haya unos 9.300 millones de habitantes. Así lo detalló en la presentación del informe la directora del departamento de Población de la ONU, la mexicana Hania Zlotnik, que aseguró que "definitivamente esa cifra se conseguirá este mismo año". “Se trata de una gran cifra, pero lo que es excepcional es que al menos los últimos 2.000 millones de personas se han alcanzado en un tiempo récord, en los últimos 25 años”, señaló Zlotnik, quien destacó que ese aumento en la población se ha producido “principalmente en los países más pobres del mundo”.…(4 May 2011)
Según la ONU, la población mundial superará los 10.000 millones en 2100
La Razón - Argentina
Según los pronósticos demográficos de la ONU (Organización de las Naciones Unidas) marcan que la actual población mundial de 7.000 millones puede llegar a los 10.000 millones en los próximos 90 años. El estudio puntualiza que gran parte del incremento será consecuencia del crecimiento poblacional en los países considerados de alta fertilidad por registrar un promedio de más de 1,5 hijos por mujer. Ese grupo está formado por 39 estados de África, 9 de Asia, 6 de Oceanía y 4 de América Latina y el Caribe, explica el documento elaborado por la sección de población del Departamento de Asuntos Sociales y Económicos de la ONU.
,…(4 May 2011)
Población mundial superará siete mil millones el 31 de octubre ONU
Informador - Mexico
La fecha de octubre en la que el mundo llegaría a siete mil millones se basa en cálculos de tendencias actuales y Hania Zlotnik, jefa de la división de población del departamento de economía de la ONU, dijo que debería tomarse "con reservas". (...) Otro funcionario de la ONU, Gerhard Heilig, dijo que la población de China, actualmente de alrededor de mil 340 millones, caería a menos de mil millones para el 2100. La población de Rusia caería de los 143 millones actuales a 126 millones para el 2050 y a 111 millones en 2100, indicó.,…(3 May 2011)
La población mundial llegará a 10.100 millones en 2100
Univision - USA
Hania Zlotnik, directora de la División de Población de la ONU, dijo que las proyecciones se basan en tasas de fertilidad esperadas, en un momento en que la población en muchos países envejece, gracias a que los avances médicos permiten a la gente vivir más tiempo, mientras las familias optan por tener menos hijos. "El mundo no ha colapsado por agregar tanta gente, pero la mayor parte de la gente ha sido agregada en las naciones más pobres", señaló Zlotnik. "Si no logran un nivel más bajo de fertilidad, estamos proyectando que podrían tener problemas graves". ,…(3 May 2011)
La population mondiale va atteindre les 7 milliards de personnes le 31 octobre 2011
InfosPlus - Gabon
Hania Zlotnik, directeur de la division Population qui s’est adressé à la presse au siège des Nations unies, a indiqué que "la population de plusieurs pays est en train de vieillir et cette tendance va se poursuivre tant que leur taux de fécondité sera en baisse." Zlotnik a aussi souligné que "la population des pays classés dans la catégorie des pays à faible ou moyenne fécondité allait connaître des pics avant la fin du siècle". ,…(4 May 2011)
La population mondiale dépasserait le seuil des neuf milliards en 2050
Au fait - Morocco
Selon les projections médianes des experts du Département des affaires économiques et sociales de l'ONU, la population mondiale, qui atteindra 7 milliards de personnes vers fin 2011, devra augmenter d'un milliard de personnes en 2023 et en 2041, pour dépasser le seuil des dix milliards en 2081. Pour le directeur de la division de la population au sein de l'ONU, Hania Zlotnik, ces chiffres sont "à prendre avec des pincettes", car des variations dans les calculs de la fertilité pourraient produire des projections différentes sur le long terme. …(3 May 2011)
Coming to a Planet Near You: 3 Billion More Mouths to Feed
New York Times - USA
In an article in Wednesday’s paper, we conveyed the highlights of a new report from the United Nations population division projecting that the global population will keep growing throughout this century and eventually pass 10 billion. (...) The United Nations population estimates are fed into an array of computer models, in institutes around the world, that try to project future economic and environmental trajectories. Expect a flurry of updates in coming months on projections for climate change, land use, water availability and many other issues as the consequences of these revisions work their way through the world of scientific prognostication. ,…(4 May 2011)
UN: World population projected to reach 9.3 billion by 2050, 10.1 billion by 2100
Washington Post - 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)
Males more than females
Arab Times - Kuwait
The Revision, prepared by the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, said much of the increase is projected to come from the 58 high-fertility countries, mainly in Africa. The low-fertility countries include China, Japan, Germany, France, Brazil, Tunisia and Iran. Hania Zlotnik, Director of the Population Division, told a press conference that the populations of many countries are ageing and will continue to do so as their fertility rates decline. According to the Revision, the population in Kuwait went from 152,000 in 1950 to 2,818.000 in 2011, and is projected to jump to 3.7 million in 2025, to 5.164 million in 2050 and to 6.371 million in 2100. The Kuwaiti current population of 2.818 million is made of 1.68 million males and 1.138 million females, with a sex ratio of 148 males for 100 females. ,…(5 May 2011)

04 May 2011

World Population Forecast to Hit 10.1 Billion by 2100, UN Says
Bloomberg - USA
The projection has “serious implications” for the ability to provide food, water, energy, education and employment for millions of people in the world’s poorest nations, according to Hania Zlotnick, director of the population division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, which released the report today in New York,…(3 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)
U.N.: Earth's population to hit 9 billion by 2050, 10 billion by 2100
CNN - USA

Population growth will occur mostly in the so-called "high-fertility countries" in sub-Saharan Africa as well as in Asia, Oceania and Latin America, according to the U.N. figures. But researchers cautioned that a small variation in fertility could lead to major swings in the population forecast, according to the 2010 Revision of World Population Prospects, prepared by the population division at the U.N.'s department of economic and social affairs. A small increase in fertility could result in a planet population of 15.8 billion by 2100, the study said. ,…(4 May 2011)
Global population to reach 7 billion this year, UN report says
Deutsche Welle - Germany
It's a boy! Or at least that's what we might expect when the 7 billionth member of the population of the earth is born later this year, according to data from the UN Population Division.…(4 May 2011)
World population growth racing ahead, UN reports
Sidney Morning Herald - Australia

The world's population, long expected to stabilise just above 9 billion in the middle of the century, will instead keep growing and may even hit 10.1 billion by 2100, a United Nations report said. (...) The projections were made by the UN population division, which has a track record of fairly accurate forecasts. In the new report, the division raised its forecast for 2050, arriving at a figure of 9.3 billion, an increase of 156 million over the previous estimate for that year, published in 2008. ... (5 May 2011)
World population to cross 10 billion by 2100: UN
The Economic Times - India

"The future of the population depends very much on what will happen to the future of fertility in the world," Hania Zlotnik, Director, Population Division , Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), told journalists. "Towards the end of the century, low-fertility countries will have a relatively aged population," she said. "The intermediate fertility countries get more or less to the same point". …(4 May 2011)
U.N. Forecasts 10.1 Billion People by Century’s End
New York Times - USA
The projections were made by the United Nations population division, which has a track record of fairly accurate forecasts. In the new report, the division raised its forecast for the year 2050, estimating that the world would most likely have 9.3 billion people then, an increase of 156 million over the previous estimate for that year, published in 2008.,…(3 May 2011)
Population boom increasing global food crisis
ABC News - Australia
Hania Zlotnik, director of the population division in the UN department of economic and social affairs, says the rate of growth has got the UN's attention. "What is astounding is that the last two billion have been reached in record time," she said. …(4 May 2011)

UN Says 10 Bln People Expected in World by 2100
China Radio International - China
The Population Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, which released the figures in its 2010 Revision of World Population Prospects, said it was just the "medium variant," the usual choice for projecting long term trends,…(4 May 2011)
População mundial pode chegar aos sete mil milhões em Outubro
Público - Portugal
Num comunicado de imprensa, a Divisão de População da ONU explica que os cenários para daqui a quatro décadas são mais seguros dos que os para o fim do século, “porque as pessoas que terão 40 ou mais anos em 2050 já nasceram”. …(4 May 2011)

02 May 2011

Live so that less will be more
Canberra Times - Australia
The United Nations Population Division points out that the Eastern Asian economies demonstrated that with public investment in education and health, and strong pro-employment economic policies, the demographic dividend could pay off handsomely. …(1 May 2011)

29 April 2011

China 2010 Population Census: Ageing Revisited
Business Insider - USA
In the 2010 census, the age group of 15-59 accounted for 70.14% of total population, increased by 3.36% comparing with the 2000 census. The increase in proportion is quite consistent with the UN Population Division Estimates. ...(28 April 2008)

03 April 2011

How liveable is Kuala Lumpur?
The Star - Malaysia

According to the United Nations Population Division, the share of Asians living in urban areas has grown from 32% in 1990 to 42% last year. In 15 years, the UN forecasts that half of Asians will be city dwellers.…(2 April 2011)

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)

24 February 2011

Sheikh Abdullah in Cape Town for UN panel
The National - United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi)
Meanwhile, UN population counters warn that the global population will hit seven billion this year, and could double to 14 billion by 2100 unless leaders across the developing world can work to more effectively reduce birth rates. Hania Zlotnik, head of the UN Population Division, said population growth may not level off and warned governments of a "day of reckoning" when the number of people exceeds the planet's ability to provide for them.(24 February 2011)

22 February 2011

Crossing globalisation's last frontier
Business Times - Singapore
By contrast, labour flow has been more sedate, even if some may point to a rise in the past two decades. Since 1990 (from which year data is available from the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division of the United Nations), the world's migrant population has moved up from 155 million to 213 million - more than one-third higher. (22 February 2011)

18 February 2011

OSCE presents second study on migration data in Astana
The Financial - Georgia

The event was organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities and the OSCE Centre in Astana in co-operation with IOM. Government officials and policymakers discussed issues including internal and external migration data needs and the steps needed to harmonize data collection between Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.(...)To ensure synergy with other data collection processes, activities are being co-ordinated with other international organizations including the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, the International Labour Organization and the Population Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs. (18 February 2011)

16 February 2011

UN warns that Egypt's population is set to triple to 290m
The National - United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi)
If the average Egyptian woman continues having 2.9 children, the population will grow from 84.5m last year to 291m in 2100. If Yemen's fertility rate remains stable at 5.3, a resource-poor nation could witness 18-fold growth from 24.3 million last year to 434 million people at the end of the century. "Egypt has seen a decline in fertility but still has a moderately high fertility rate," said Hania Zlotnik, the director of the UN Population Division, which compiled the 30-page report. "If Egypt does not continue to reduce fertility rates, they will have a huge problem because it is the most populous country in that region, with economic problems and questions about feeding, educating and finding jobs for its population." ,…(16 February 2011)

14 February 2011

Africa Month: African Mammal Population Cut in Half
OpEdNews.com - US
Among the ten most populated countries in the world, Nigeria had the highest rate of human population growth -- almost 27% since 1950 -- according to the United Nations Population Division. The continent's population of 1 billion people is projected to grow to 1.9 billion by 2050. (11 February 2011)
Megacity Singapore is Asia’s greenest city - Asian Green City Index study analyzes the environmental sustainability of 22 major cities in Asia
Manufacturing.net - USA
According to the United Nations Population Division, the proportion of Asia's population living in cities has grown in the last 20 years by around a third to over 40 percent. In the last five years alone, the number of inhabitants in Asian cities has been increasing by about 100,000 a day. And this development will continue in the years to come. In China alone, experts predict that by 2025 there will be well over 200 cities with a population of over a million. 2011 there are just under 90, while Europe currently has 25 cities of that size. (13 February 2011)

07 February 2011

5+ Million Chinese Abroad–But India’s Got More
Forbes - US
Now come figures–the Global Bilateral Migration Database, still a work in progress or “forthcoming” as the social scientists say–that put meat on the bone. This joint project of the United Nations Population Division and the World Bank’s research division has used extrapolation from the 2000 census round (latest available) to project where things stood in 2010. ,…(5 February 2011)