Infant deaths report grim reading
News24 - South Africa
According to a table of indicators contained in the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) "State of World Population 2010" report, released on Wednesday, infant mortality in South Africa is 43 per 1 000 live births. The rates in Botswana and Namibia are 32 and 30 respectively. Other Southern African neighbours have higher rates of infant deaths: 65 per 1 000 live births in Lesotho; 83 in Mozambique; 59 in Swaziland; and 51 in Zimbabwe. The report says the data estimates are for this year, and the source is the UN's Population Division (UNPD). (20 Oct. 2010)

Lies, Damn Lies, and Population Statistics
Wall Street Journal - USA
Mr. Meotti wrote that Italy's fertility rate is at the "lowest low": 1.3 children per woman. According to the Italian National Statistical Institute (Istat), that rate is 1.41 children per woman, and has been rising since the mid-90s, when it was at 1.19 children per woman. The op-ed also reports that Italy's under-five population made up 9% of the country in 1975. Our numbers show this figure was actually 8%. Further, according to our data, this age group counted for 4.7% of the population on Jan. 1, 2009, not 4.2%. Mr. Meotti cites the U.N.'s Population Division to forecast a drop in this age group to 2.8% by 2050, though according to our data they will be 4.2%, while Eurostat predicts 3.9%.

(22 September 2010)

Nigeria: Golden Jubilee - What Hope for Education for All in 2015?
AllAfrica.com - USA (story originally published in This Day - Lagos)
Findings by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (UNPD), on the effort of governments worldwide towards reducing the number of out-of-school children revealed that the number of primary-school-age children that were not in school fell by 2 million worldwide between 2005 and 2006. (28 September 2010)

Global doors slam shut on immigrants
Christian Science Monitor - USA
The United Nations Population Division (UNDP) estimates that the world has about 200 million international migrants. If they created their own country, it would become the fifth largest in the world.,…(9 October 2010)

In India, even Indians can be 'foreigners'
Christian Science Monitor - USA - Mexico
The United Nations Population Division estimates that 740 million people are internal migrants – almost four times as many as those who have moved internationally.…(9 October 2010)

Think Again: Global Aging
Foreign Policy - USA
It's true that the world's population overall will increase by roughly one-third over the next 40 years, from 6.9 to 9.1 billion, according to the U.N. Population Division. But this will be a very different kind of population growth than ever before -- driven not by birth rates, which have plummeted around the world, but primarily by an increase in the number of elderly people. Indeed, the global population of children under 5 is expected to fall by 49 million as of midcentury, while the number of people over 60 will grow by 1.2 billion.
(November 2010)

Population shifts 'substantially influence' emissions
BBC News - UK
"If global population growth slows down, it is not going to solve the climate problem," said lead author Brian O'Neill, a scientist at the US National Center for Atmospheric Research (Ncar)."But it can make a contribution, especially in the long-term." According to the UN Population Division, the average annual global growth rate peaked at just over 2.0% between 1965 and 1970.
Since then, it has been steadily falling and currently stands at about 1.1%. By 2050, the UN projects that it will have fallen to an estimated 0.3%.
,…(12 October 2010)

Macau may fall short of UNESCO goals
Macau Daily Times - Macau
National and international population estimates are often based on the same source of demographic data, such as a recent census, household survey or demographic study. However, they are not necessarily calculated according to the same methodology. “To avoid this pitfall, the UIS [UNESCO Institute of Statistics] uses population estimates from the United Nations Population Division, which are based on a single, reliable methodology that is internationally accepted.”
,…(1 October 2010)

Figures of population growth
Financial Express - Bangladesh
The estimate of the United Nations (UN) Population Division is also very close to the PRB figures. Thus, the dependable independent estimation of population trends in Bangladesh only point to the fact ,…(27 September 2010)

Dounreay nuclear staff look to the future
BBC - UK
Population rates will have declined and then started to rise again by 2300, according to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division. Polar bears could be extinct within the next 100 years say scientists It has projected that the number of people in the world will peak at 9.22 billion in 2075.After reaching this maximum, world population will decline slightly and then increase slowly to reach 8.97 billion by 2300. (17 September 2010)

7 Countries that Could Crash in Five Years
Street Authority - US
Japan serves as a prime example of the demographic time bomb. According to the United Nations' Population Division, Japanese households are having an average of 1.4 children (well below the 2.1 replacement rate), and when this is coupled with restrictive immigration policies, it has led to a steadily rising average age in Japan. Japan's life expectancy, already among the highest in the world at 83 years, could approach 90 in the next few decades, according to the U.N. (16 September 2010)

Not a new issue
The Star - Malayasia
In May 2000, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly decided to convene the Second World Assembly on Ageing in 2002. The 2002 event included the publication of a report, World Population Ageing 1950-2050, which provides a description of global trends in population ageing and includes a series of indicators of the ageing process by development regions, major areas, regions and countries. Here are the findings highlighted in the UN’s Population Division website
,…(4 September 2010)

Italia: R.I.P.
Wall Street Journal - US
Today, these bambinis make up only 4.2% of the population. Young children are disappearing from Italy. According to the UN's Population Division, ...7 September 2010)

Birthday finds Social Security rickety at 75
Hernando Today/Tampa Tribune - US
...Couple that with projections by the United Nations' Population Division that by 2030, there will be only 2.6 workers paying into Social Security for every man or woman receiving Social Security and Medicare benefits compared with 4.1 workers per retiree in 2000; and the picture of the future begins to look bleak. (14 August 2010)

In 100 years we’ll be a fully urban species
Deccan Chronicle - India
The population of the world’s countryside will stop growing around 2019, according to the UN Population Division’s more conservative estimates, and by 2050 will have fallen by 600 million because of migration to the city. India’s rural population, one of the last to stop growing, is set to peak in 2025 at 909 million, and shrink to 743 million by 2050...(16 August 2010)

South and the Third World
Guardian - UK
Let's start with one obvious index of social well being, infant mortality rates. The international numbers below are from the UN Population Division, the state numbers from the Kaiser Foundation.…(10 August 2010)

A Weakened but Resourceful Iran
Council on Foreign Relations - US
A third reason is that Iran has had, in the early years after the revolution, very, very rapid population growth. [According to the UN's Population Division, Iran's population rose from thirty-nine million in 1980 to nearly seventy-one million in 2005.] ,…(9 August 2010)

Is Ahmadinejad Instigating a Demographic Catastrophe?
Huffington Post - US
Abbasi-Shavazi, M.J. (2002). "Recent changes and the future of fertility in Iran", Completing the Fertility Transition, United Nations, Population Division, New York, pp. 425-439.
,…(31 July 2010)

ICCI demands rainwater harvesting
Pakistan Observer - Pakistan
ICCI President Zahid Maqbool said the recent monsoon rains have caused heavy floods and destruction of great number of human and physical infrastructure. He said that had there been proper system of rain harvesting, these damages would have been minimized to sufficient extent. Pakistan’s population is growing fast as UN’s Population Division has projected that Pakistan will overtake Brazil and Indonesia by 2050. It would become the fourth largest populated country in the world, almost doubling to 335 million from its current more than 170 million, he added.…(6 August 2010)

What a Strong Yen Means for U.S. Investors -- and How to Profit
Street Authority - USA
The demographic data are sobering. According to the U.N.'s Population Division, Japanese households are having an average of 1.4 children (well below the 2.1 replacement rate), and when coupled with restrictive immigration policies, it has led to a steadily rising average age. Roughly 20% of Japan's population is 65 or older. By 2050, that figure should rise to 37%, according to the U.N.,…(4 August 2010)

For millions across the world, home is someplace else
The Times of India - India
The total number of international migrants is estimated to touch 214 million this year, that is, about three per cent of the world’s population, according to the UN Population Division. …(17 July 2010)

Senior UN official highlights role of good census before World Population Day
Xinhuanet.com - China"
If one is not counted, one doesn't count," a senior UN official has told Xinhua in an interview on the occasion of the forthcoming World Population Day (WPD), observed on Sunday. Hania Zlotnik, director of the Population Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), was referring to the theme of this year's WPD -- Everyone counts. ,…(10 July 2010)

Population Trends Affect Realization of World Anti-Poverty Goals
Crienglish.com- China
"We have good evidence that countries that have been able over the last 30 years to reduce their fertility considerably are doing much better in obtaining the MDGS than countries that still have relatively high fertility," said Hania Zlotnik, director of the Population Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)...(11 July 2010)

Booming population bringing key changes
Daily Youmiuri - Japan
The world today is facing diverse environmental challenges as our societies go through drastic changes, according to Bjorn Stigson, president of the World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD). (...) According to a projection by the United Nations Population Division, the world's population will be 9.2 billion by 2050, a 33 percent increase over what it is today. …(10 June 2010)

In Hu's China, this baby doesn't exist
The Australian - Australia
By the medium-variant projections of the UN Population Division, the 15- to 64-year-old group will be roughly 25 million persons smaller in 2035 than it is today, and by 2035 it would be dropping at a tempo of about 0.7 per cent per year.
,…(29 May 2010)