World Population Projected to Climb Despite Drops in Fertility Rate
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US researchers say world population will continue to grow at a vigorous pace in decades to come, even as overall global fertility rates continue on a downward trend.
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China will continue to drive East Asia&#39;s growth next year, but the world&#39;s fastest-growing region may have reached its peak in expansion, according to the World Bank.
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People are getting fatter in all parts of the world, with the possible exception of Asia, a global snapshot shows.
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Paying women to have babies has helped Australia boost its birthrate well above that of other developed nations, new figures have shown.
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Â· Highest fertility rate in 26 years 'unsustainable'Â· Thinktank calls for better funded family planning
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Developing nations are this year set to record their strongest economic growth since 1974, the World Bank has said. Many countries are on course to achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals of cutting global
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The world&#39;s developing countries this year will turn in the strongest economic growth in three decades and should continue to enjoy solid expansion in 2005 and 2006, the World Bank predicted Tuesday.
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The fertility rate has hit its highest level since 1980, official figures show.
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The UK's population is growing as more women have babies in their thirties, according to experts.
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As the USA plans for the population growth from 2000 to 2030, the number of additional people it will have to accommodate looms large: 94 million.
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A recent report suggests the field could grow six-fold over the next 15 to 20 years.
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A QUARTER of a billion people in some of the worldâs poorest and most populous countries in East Asia have been lifted out of extreme poverty by rapid economic growth over
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Women in the developing world are waiting to have a family and giving birth to fewer children, a UN report says.
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As the US population clock approaches 300 million, experts examine a possible link between growth and prosperity.
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15 September 2004 - The world has made genuine progress towards achieving the ambitious programme outlined at the 1994 Cairo population conference, a United Nations review released today finds, but a serious funding shortfall is obstructing efforts to
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World economic growth will be higher than previously thought at 5.1% in 2006 and 4.9% in 2007, the IMF predicts.
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In Japan, where one fifth of the population is now over 65, a preview of a global future.