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by Poornima WEERASEKARA Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — China’s population shrank last year for the first time in 70 years, experts said, warning of a “demographic crisis” that puts pressure on the country’s slowing economy. The world’s most populous nation of some 1.4 billion for decades limited most families to one child in an attempt to keep population growth sustainable. But since 2016 it has allowed couples to have two children in response […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea issued a raft of measures Friday to try to reverse one of the world’s lowest birth rates, offering potential parents increased benefits as it faces a looming population decline. The country’s fertility rate — the number of children a woman is expected to have in her lifetime — fell to 0.95 in the third quarter, the first time it has dropped below 1 and far short of […]
(Eagle News) — The country’s population reached nearly 107 million and is expected to still increase before year-end. Based of the data released by the Commission on Population (POPCOM) on September 17, this year’s population has reached 106,512,074. This is already two million higher than the 2017 population which was recorded at 104,918,090. There are more than 200 babies born every one hour in a day which is equivalent to two million people being added […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — More than 28 percent of Japan’s population is now officially classified as elderly according to government data, the highest rate in the world as the first wave of postwar baby boomers enter old age. Those aged 65 or older now make up a record 35.6 million, or 28.1 percent of the total population, the government said Sunday. The proportion is the highest by far in the world, ahead of 23.3 percent […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia’s population was due to hit 25 million on Tuesday, renewing debate about overcrowding and infrastructure pressures in major cities as the government explores ways to encourage migrants into regional areas. The Australian Bureau of Statistics projects that the population is growing by one person every 83 seconds and is due to reach the milestone figure at 1300 GMT. It will mark a doubling of the number of people since 1970 […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Nangangamba ang Commission on Population (POPCOM) sa pag-taas ng populasyon ng senior citizens na dapat pag-handaan ng gobyerno. Ayon sa POPCOM, may epekto ito sa ekonomiya lalo’t nakikipag-buno rin ang bansa sa pagtaas ng populasyon ng kabataan. Pumasok na rin ang bansa sa “ageing population” dahil pitong porsiyento ng populasyon ay binubuo ng senior citizens. Sa ngayon ay may pitong milyong senior citizen na maaaring dumoble sa 2030. https://youtu.be/2GHr24O2vB0
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) – The Commission on Population said that from formerly being ranked at the 12th place, the Philippines is now down one rung, sliding to the 13th place in the list of countries with the largest population in the world. The Philippines is listed as having 103,796,832 or an estimated 103.8 million people. “On July 1, 2017, Ethiopia overtook our spot, making the Philippines the 13th largest country in the world,” […]
by Marlowe Hood Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — The leopard population in a region of South Africa once thick with the big cats is crashing, and could be wiped out within a few years, scientists warned Wednesday. Illegal killing of leopards in the Soutpansberg Mountains has reduced their numbers by two-thirds in the last decade, the researchers reported in the Royal Society Open Science journal. “If things don’t change, we predict leopards will essentially […]
(Eagle News) — Nangangamba ang Commission on Population o PopCom na mas bibilis pa ang paglago ng populasyon ng Pilipinas kapag hindi maayos na naipatupad ang Reproductive Health Law. Hanggang ngayon, nananatili pa rin ang temporary restraining order (TRO) ng Korte Suprema sa implanon na isang uri contraceptive na una nang ipinamahagi ng Department of Health noong 2015. Ayon kay Doctor Juan Antonio Perez ng PopCom, kung hindi aalisin ng Supreme Court ang TRO sa […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — The end of China’s one-child-per-couple limit last year will not provide the population boost sought by Chinese leaders in the near term, according to a study released Friday. Any potential benefits the new “two-child” rule might have for the nation’s shrinking workforce and rapidly ageing population will not be felt for at least two decades, the study concluded. China is faced with deep demographic challenges thanks to the strict — and […]
The world that we live in… has limited resources.. Not only that, it also has limited space… Every year, there are more people… who need food to eat… water to drink… and room to live in. Global overpopulation is a serious issue… July 11 is World Population Day Infographics designer: Dexter Magno Researcher and writer: Mary Rose Faith Bonalos and JayPaul Carlos
