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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Harper Conservatives endangering maternal and infant health by refusing to fund birth control
Liberal - Canada
According to the UN Population Division, 61 percent of the world’s population live in countries where abortion is permitted. Providing safe abortion services where abortion is legal would prevent many of the estimated 68,000 deaths of women each year from complications arising from unsafe abortions.
,…(18 March 2010)

A simple family size solution
Globe and Mail- Canada
When we say that the world currently has 6,796,500,000 people, or when we point out that, as of 2007, there were more urbanites than country-dwellers in the world, or that the average human lifespan has jumped from 45 years a century ago to 67 today, we are unknowingly citing Ms. Zlotnik's work as head of the United Nations Population Division.
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Fear depopulation, not overpopulation
National Post - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
Sometime in this century, the world's population will begin to decline. (The United Nations Population Division says that, worldwide, we could achieve ... (11 December 2009)

Dividend All-Stars (MRK, DD, LO, MAT, SGP)
Investopedia - Edmonton,Alberta,Canada
According to a report a few years back by the United Nations Population Division , the world's population could top 9.1 billion by 2050. ... (4 May 2009)

Health advances increase lifespans in poorest nations: UN report
Canada.com - Don Mills,Ontario,Canada
... less experienced people also competing for work, then there might be a problem,” said Hania Zlotnik , director of the UN Population Division. ... (11 March 2009)

Kuwait population to exceed five million in 2050
UAE Daily News - Orleans,Ontario,Canada
Asked by UAE Daily News to explain why this decease, Gerhard Heiling, Chief Population Estimates and Projections Section at the UN Population Division , ... (11 March 2009)

• The future is grey
Waterloo Record - Waterloo,Ontario,Canada
According to the United Nations population division (whose projections are cited throughout this article), the median ages of western Europe and Japan, ... (7 March 2009)

Gender equality one key to sustainable world
StarPhoenix - Canada
Engelman's view is based on an analysis of statistics from the United Nations Population Division and the World Economic Forum, which compare national ...
(1 April 2008)