By: Mary Rose | 2011-11-01 | News and society According to the United Nations Population Fund, the world’s population is set to reach the milestone of seven billion on October 31, 2011 while acknowledging that it's impossible to know for sure the specific time of this day read more
By: Carrol Rogers | 2012-03-15 | College In an economy,Lower birthrates and longer lives lead to a situation of “population aging” which means more elderly people and less children and youth. read more
By: Eric Giguere | 2011-08-16 | Reference & Education While the earth's population will reach up to seven billion humans in a few months, feeding and housing is the most serious problem for officials. In contrast to booming population levels in Delhi, China, Mumbai etc, these following countries are globally known for least population. read more
By: randycollins | 2012-01-20 | Environment This animal is terrestrial and lives in groups. A fully grown African Bush elephant can reach a height of 4 m and is about 7.3 m long. This massive creature weighs about 6000 to 9000kg. The largest elephant on record weighed about 12000 kg and was killed in Angola. read more
By: Mary Rose | 2011-01-13 | Social issues According to the recent statistics by the United Nations Population Division, Shanghai is named the most populous city in the world, followed by Mumbai, Karachi, Delhi, Istanbul, São Paulo, Moscow, Seoul, Beijing, and Tokoyo. It's so amazing that the statistics was taken in metropolitan areas around the world, where the pace of life is day by day getting moderner and moderner. Below is the list of most populous cities in metropolitan areas around the world taken by the United Nations Population Division. read more
By: Lance Winslow | 2010-03-27 | Economics What does it take to become a World Power, one which really has a lot of clout? Some say it takes 50 million in population, but realize that many great nations do not have that many people, even though they are considered world powers. Also some that have lots more than that are not considered world powers at all. read more
By: brrizzotto | 2010-11-05 | Shopping These days, often the watch will never be a hassle-free technology which often means that or simply tips instance read more
By: Ian Sawyer | 2010-04-02 | Language While there is no official language of the United States, English is the de facto (meaning "in practice but not necessarily ordained by law") language since the majority (about 82%) of the population speaks English as a native language. The second most common language in the U.S. is Spanish (about 10%), followed by Chinese, French, and German (each less than 1%). read more
By: Shaw Financial | 2011-07-05 | Finance “Much of this increase is projected to come from the high- fertility countries, which comprise 39 countries in Africa, nine in Asia, six in Oceania and four in Latin America,” the report said. The UN presented three scenarios, including a less likely “high projection variant” that foresees an increase in the world population to 10.6 billion in 2050 and 15.8 billion in 2100. The lowest pro read more
By: Dr. Lee Mikal | 2011-04-02 | Health & Fitness The men in blue have terrified their best performances in Mohali to conquer Pakistan in the exciting Semi final on 30th March and are all set to meet the Lankans at Wankhade on 2nd April in the finals. Sri Lanka on the other hand is also at the top with their batting strength. Their bowling department also is strong and it is sure that the Men in Blue will have to give their best performance to gi read more
By: Wendy Stenberg-Tendys | 2010-11-10 | Health & Fitness For a variety of reasons the world population is living longer and having less children. read more
By: Adie Brown | 2010-12-22 | Investing Potash has been a big story this fall, as the saga of Australian mining giant BHP Billiton's $40 billion hostile bid for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (TSX: POT)—which would have been the largest takeover of 2010, and the largest in Canadian history if it had gone ahead—had the attention of the world. read more
By: Lance Winslow | 2010-04-03 | News and society Many believe that if the global financial crisis continues that will indeed slow down the birth rates and save the planet from an infestation massive human populations. Other seem to believe we are already there. Let me explain why we need capitalism in the world to slow down the march of ever increasing population. read more
By: Chris Laffey | 2011-04-05 | Personal Finance According to the United Nations Population Division, we are all living through a period of population ageing that is unparalled in the history of humanity. This process is a result of reduced mortality rates due to better living standards, and declining fertility rates. read more