population

Hong Kong sees population drop as 113,200 residents leave over the past year

Hong Kong, China | AFP | Hong Kong saw a net outflow of 113,200 residents over the past year, census…

China population to begin shrinking by 2025: officials

  BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China's population will begin to shrink by 2025, officials have said, as family sizes grow…

UN report: World population to surpass 8 billion by November 15

https://youtu.be/-65AfvUbLFA   On 15 November 2022, the global population will surpass 8 billion people for the first time, according to…

Russia loses a million people in historic population fall

  MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia's population declined by more than one million people in 2021, the statistics agency Rosstat…

The long decline: mass migration batters Balkans

by Darko DURIDANSKI with Lajla VESELICA in Brestovac Agence France-Presse VALANDOVO, Republic of North Macedonia (AFP) - Abandoned shops and…

Forty years of population policy in China

  BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China on Monday relaxed its two-child policy to allow couples to have three children, a…

China allows couples to have three children: state media

  BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China has relaxed its family planning policy to allow couples to have three children after…

South Korea population falls for first time

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- South Korea's population fell for the first time in 2020, with more people dying than…

Canada says immigrants welcome after pandemic

Eagle News — Canadian Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino, spoke to  a group of immigration lawyers stating that once the pandemic…

Quarter of world’s population facing extreme water stress

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Nearly a quarter of the world's population lives in 17 countries facing extremely high water…

UN highlights profound implication of population trends on sustainable development

The United Nations is highlighting the important role that population trends play in promoting sustainable development, during the annual Commission…

Millions malnourished in Pakistan despite abundance of food

by Ashraf KHAN A frantic mother cradling her seven-month-old baby rushes towards the special paediatric ward in a desolate Pakistan…

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