Population in the News

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Population News Tuesday January 2nd 2007

Iceland: It Might Be Cold, but It?s Popular
(New York Times: Sat, 30 Dec) Iceland?s population grew more than any other European country from Dec. 1, 2005, to Dec. 1 this year, official statistics showed. While the European average population growth is 0.2 percent, Iceland reported growth of 2.6 percent or 7,857 people to a total of 307,261 over the 12-month period. More than half the increase was because of immigration, with Iceland?s rapidly growing economy ...

Colo. population growth 8th fastest, census says
(Denver Post: Sun, 24 Dec) Colorado's population growth is picking up speed again, making it the eighth-fastest-growing state in the nation, new census figures show.

Experts for policy on proper utilisation of human resource
(New Kerala: Thu, 28 Dec) New Delhi, Dec 28: Noting that the target of achieving zero population growth will never be a reality in India, experts have advocated for evolving a policy to properly utilise human resource.

Growing older
(Financial Times: Tue, 26 Dec) In the long run, quipped John Maynard Keynes, we're all dead. That partly explains why in the very long term, population growth has little impact on output per head or returns on capital. More people put strain on resources, but also have more ideas about how to use them effectively.

Vietnam's population sees big changes
(Nhan Dan: Tue, 26 Dec) Thanks to positive population policies, the population growth rate reduced and the population structure saw important changes.

South Korea's ageing population accelerates in 2005
(AFP via Yahoo! News: Tue, 26 Dec) The ageing of South Korea's population accelerated in 2005 as the number of old people surged amid a low birth rate.

Now fatwa on contraceptives in MP
(IBN via Yahoo! India News: Sun, 31 Dec) A Bhopal Mufti has issued a fatwa calling for a ban on the use of any kind of contraceptives.

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