Texas gained more residents than any other state between July 2020 and July 2021, according to recent data from the US Census Bureau. With a July 2021 population of 29,527,941, the Lone Star State recorded the largest annual and cumulative numerical gain, increasing by 310,288 (1.1%) and 382,436 (1.3%) respectively.Read More →

MANILA, Philippines – The Filipino population is expected to grow by just 0.3% or 324,000 in 2021, according to the Commission on Population and Development (Popcom). Popcom, in a statement, said this annual “natural increase” is the lowest since the period between 1946 and 1947, when the population grew byRead More →

By the Indian Legal Office Three candidates from the municipal corporations of Vadodara and Rajkot were disqualified on February 8 under the two-child policy in Gujarat for running for election. The nominations were contested as each candidate had three children. The electoral official of Ward 15 of the Vadodara MunicipalRead More →

The Philippines could register its slowest population growth this year, but even that cannot guarantee that the country can start reaping the demographic dividend anytime soon. Based on the latest estimate from Population and Development (Popcom), only 324,000 Filipinos, a 0.3 percent increase in the country’s population, are expected thisRead More →

China has committed genocide in the Xinjiang region by preventing births among the Uyghur population, a London panel investigating alleged human rights abuses concluded on Thursday. Nine lawyers and human rights experts have published their opinion after hearing allegations of torture, rape and inhuman treatment at two evidence hearings thisRead More →

On Thursday, a House leader slammed the government for pretending that the economy would not prosper without population control. Deputy Speaker of the House and representative of the BUHAY party list, Lito Atienza, released the statement after Socio-Economic Planning Secretary Karl Chua cited the “crucial role of reproductive health andRead More →

More sordid details of China’s excesses and machinations in the Xinjiang region have been learned by CNN-News 18. During Beijing’s so-called re-education campaign, Uighurs and other ethnic minorities in the regions rural people in southern Xinjiang have been branded as ‘surplus labour’ or ‘labour poor’ and sent to work inRead More →

Even as India’s national total fertility rate (TFR) falls below replacement level, BJP MP for Rajya Sabha Kirori Lal Meena has pushed for a ‘population control’ law on the model of China’s now abandoned one-child policy. The latest set of NFHS 2019-21 survey results released by the Union Department ofRead More →