At one point in mid-December, a time of year when housing demand typically slows, there were 20 offers on a resale home in Hutto, according to local real estate agent Katie Evans. The unusually high number of vacancies at a time when experts say demand tends to decline is indicativeRead More →
With Australia now returning to its pre-COVID population growth rate, more people than ever are wondering how much Australia’s population is expected to grow. This can be a difficult conversation to have because the far right has a habit of using the population issue as an excuse to pursue itsRead More →
Moving from the inner suburbs of Melbourne to a quiet town in northwest Tasmania has been a blessing for Kate Manserra and her young family. Key points: Latrobe Council population increased 2.8% from 2019-2020 and is expected to continue Land sellers cannot meet demand for new blocks Mayor says populationRead More →
TEHRAN – The budget bill for next year (March 21, 2022) has proposed 190 trillion rials (nearly $ 690 million) for procreation and population growth, IRIB reported on Saturday. The declining marriage rate, followed by a dramatic decrease in childbearing, has raised alarm bells about an aging population, an issueRead More →
Population growth in North Texas isn’t slowing down anytime soon. Last month Dan Kessler, deputy director of transportation for the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG), updated the Regional Transportation Council on the Mobility 2045 update, which includes population projections in the region of 12 counties for the nextRead More →
For the first time since 2016, Alaska’s population has increased, according to population estimates released Thursday by the state Department of Labor. The state’s population grew by 932 people from April 2020 to July 2021, according to the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development. This 0.1% change increased theRead More →
we population growth blocked at its lowest rate ever. The population grew only 0.1% in 2021 – measured from July 2020 to July 2021, according to economists at Wells Fargo. U.S. population growth fell to its lowest rate on record – even more slowly than during the Great Depression –Read More →
On January 1, at the stroke of midnight, New York City welcomed its first new inhabitant of 2022: Leyla Gessel Tzunun Garcia, born at the start of the new year at Coney Island Hospital in Brooklyn. With changing population and fertility trends, however, there is less competition to become theRead More →
In 2020, population growth has halved again compared to 2019: there was less foreign migration while the rate of natural increase (births minus deaths) was zero. The population started to grow again in 2021. It is estimated to be lower than in 2019 (125,000), but higher than in previous yearsRead More →
The Dutch population grew at roughly the same rate in 2021 as the years before the coronavirus pandemic. The number of deaths remained above normal, but many more children were also born. In addition, the population has grown more due to immigration compared to 2020, reports the Statistics Netherlands (CBS).Read More →
US Census Bureau officials report that 2021 was the first time since 1937 that the US population has grown by less than one million people. WASHINGTON, DC – New Years Day 2022 has dawned on an America whose population continues to grow. But not by much. In their year-end review,Read More →
This photo from Friday, October 22, 2021 shows a neighborhood in Milwaukee which is one of many places across the country where a new method used by the US Census Bureau to protect privacy in the 2020 census has wiped out occupied people and homes. – at least on paperRead More →
Marcus After 2020, we couldn’t imagine 2021 extending the reality of COVID’s evolving attack on humanity. But it happened. Data is not complete for 2021, but we have some indication of the impact nationwide. Normally, we would expect economic development to involve more people to generate more income. We assumeRead More →
Cork County Council is seeking the support of a number of government departments and state agencies to ensure that adequate services are provided in a city where rapid population growth is putting “incredible pressure” on the voluntary sector . In 2002, Carrigtwohill’s population was only 1,411, but it is expectedRead More →
By Llewellyn King InsideSources.com It wasn’t front and center at the climate change summit, COP26, in Glasgow, but it was whispered informally, in the hallways and over meals. For politicians it is flammable, for some religions it is heresy. Yet it demands to be heard: the growth of the world’sRead More →
It was not in the foreground at the climate change summit in Glasgow, but it was whispered informally, in hallways and over meals. For politicians, it is flammable. For some religions, this is heresy. Yet it requires a hearing: the growth of the world’s population. As the world struggles toRead More →
Washington state’s steady population growth is another casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the most recent U.S. Census figures. From July 1, 2020 through July 1, 2021, the Evergreen State’s population remained essentially static, reaching a meager 19,900 for a growth rate of 0.3%. Washington State ranked in theRead More →
It was not in the foreground at the climate change summit in Glasgow, but it was whispered in the hallways and over meals. For politicians, it is flammable. For some religions, this is heresy. Yet it requires a hearing: the growth of the world’s population. As the world struggles toRead More →
Hayley Burrell moved from Ontario to southeastern New Brunswick at the start of the pandemic, got a real estate license and is now selling homes to people who look a lot like her. “I would say 95% of the buyers I’ve had this year were from Ontario,” Burrell said. “PeopleRead 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 →
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 →
A number of the top ten states with the fastest population growth from 2020 to 2021 were neighboring Wyoming, but Cowboy State was far behind. Half of the top ten states, including the top four states, with the highest annual percentage population growth were in the West: Idaho led theRead 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 →
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 →
India’s most populous state plans to implement a population control policy that will be dangerous for its most vulnerable citizens, writes Kanav Narayan Sahgal. On July 19, the Uttar Pradesh State Law Commission published a draft of its Population (Control, Stabilization and Welfare) Bill, 2021. It was only days beforeRead More →
Alice Nott Many have felt lately that the earth is running out of space, and by extension, we need to control the population. In the face of increasing climate change, such a call has become more appealing, but is it just a siren call? James Lovelock would say no –Read More →
Amid the growing impact of climate change, stakeholders advocated the need to control population growth in Lagos to limit threats posed by climate change. Lagos State Deputy Governor Dr Obafemi Hamzat led the call at a conference to mark the 70th birthday and retirement of Professor Babajide Alo, at theRead More →
NEW DELHI: Hitting Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Mohan Bhagwat over his remark on “population imbalance”, Brinda Karat, a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) political bureau, said on Friday that he was hiding facts and wanted to impose his own theory on population control. Speaking to ANI,Read More →
NNA | Update: October 15, 2021 3:05 p.m. STI New Delhi [India], Oct 15 (ANI): Hitting Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Mohan Bhagwat over his remark on ‘demographic imbalance’, Communist Party of India (Marxist) Politburo member Brinda Karat said on Friday that he was hiding facts and wanted to imposeRead More →
BEIJING: Women in China have accused the country’s government of using female bodies to control the population in China. When the government led by Xi Jinping planned to reduce the population, the authorities forced the women to have abortions. And now, as population growth has slowed, they are saying noRead More →
NNA | Update: October 11, 2021 2:36 p.m. STI beijing [China] Oct 11 (ANI): Women in China have accused the country’s government of using female bodies to control the population in China.When the Xi Jinping-led government planned to reduce the population, authorities forced abortions on women. And now, as populationRead More →
Dr Y Udaya ChandarOn July 11, 2021, World Population Day, Yogi Adityanath, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, unveiled his bill for UP, “UP Population (Control, Stabilization, and Welfare) Act 2021”. The purpose of the law is to discourage and prevent UP people from having more than two children. TheRead More →
Telangana BJP chairman and MP for Karimnagar, Bandi Sanjay Kumar, has said that if the party is elected to power, it will implement the population control law in the state. Bandi Sanjay Kumar said he will continue padayatra until there is a change of government in Telangana (Picture: Ashish Pandey)Read More →
Tamil Nadu’s Lok Sabha representation was reduced to 39 before the 1967 general election. (File photo) Chenai: Tamil Nadu has faced “unfair” political representation in the Lok Sabha since 1962 after the state successfully pushed down its population, the Madras High Court recently ruled. In its August 17 order, theRead More →
Population experts say introducing population control measures similar to the one being drafted in Uttar Pradesh, as previously mooted by BJP officials in the city, makes no sense in Bengaluru. The policy denies social benefits and government jobs to those with more than two children. A city’s population is determinedRead More →
Patna: After Bharatiya Janata Partry (BJP) leaders tried to counter their ally Nitish Kumar’s demand for a caste-based census exercise in 2021, by demanding a population control law in the state, the Bihar’s chief minister on Tuesday categorically ruled out any need for a population control law. “There is noRead More →
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has given instructions to form a high-level population control committee. Dhami’s order came days after the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) suggested that a population control policy be introduced in Uttarakhand along the lines of those in place in Uttar Pradesh and India. Neighboring Assam.Read More →
The issue of population control has become a hot topic of debate after the most populous state of Uttar Pradesh released a population control bill. The BJP said Assam has already passed a resolution in the assembly on the matter and introduced measures discouraging people from having more than twoRead More →
NEW DELHI, July 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Mobius Foundation in partnership with WION takes the government’s vision of India moving forward and launched a year-long social initiative called “Mission Sustainability – Population v/s Planet”. The campaign kicked off with a two-hour thought leadership conclave on February 20, 2021. The launchRead More →
In recent times, the discourse around coercive population policies has gained momentum in the country. These laws prevent people from receiving government grants and other benefits or running for political office if they have more than two children. While the central government disavows coercion and does not impose a two-childRead More →
INDORE: Advocating population control measures to spur growth in the country, Rajya Sabha Congressman Vivek Tankha said on Saturday that genuine efforts will only be sustained if they are not designed to garner money votes and winning elections. “The intention must be sincere not just to win the election, otherwiseRead More →
After the BJP governments in Assam and Uttar Pradesh announced their intention to implement a population control policy, Rajasthan Health and Health Minister Raghu Sharma on Wednesday extended his support for legal measures to control population growth. “Population growth is a matter of great concern. It is high time forRead More →
Chirag Paswan disapproves of the population control bill. (TO FILE) Patna: Lok Janshakti party leader Chirag Paswan on Thursday expressed his disapproval of taking legislative measures to control population growth, deviating from the position taken by the BJP. The embattled LJP leader, who was stuck within his own party followingRead More →
Through PTI PATNA: Lok Janshakti party leader Chirag Paswan on Thursday voiced his disapproval of legislative measures to control population growth, departing from the stance taken by the BJP, his preferred alliance partner. The embattled LJP leader, who was stuck within his own party following a political coup staged byRead More →
The past two weeks have seen a sudden surge of political interest in population control in two BJP-ruled states, Assam and UP, which has sparked speculation about the motives. What differentiates the two main ministers is that one has just started his term while the other is at the endRead More →
I’m old enough to remember when, along with debt and deficit reduction, anti-protectionism and so-called “family values”, a strong opposition to population control was one of the fundamental principles of the conservative movement and the Republican Party. But apparently, like debt and deficit reduction, anti-protectionism and so-called ‘family values’, strongRead More →
The family welfare program in the country is voluntary. But it’s not just Uttar Pradesh and Assam that are proposing population control legislation. Other states like Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Telangana have introduced similar laws in a bid to curb population growth. But can coercive policies likeRead More →
Population dynamics can pose both challenges and opportunities to development efforts depending on the resource availability ratio Human population control is the practice of artificially altering the growth rate of a human population that has been implemented by limiting the population’s birth rate, usually by government mandate. Factors such asRead More →
BJP MPs will introduce private member’s bills on population control and uniform civil code in the upcoming monsoon session of parliament, according to information from the secretariats of the two chambers. The proposed legislations on population control and the uniform civil code, issues that usually trigger heated controversy in theRead More →
New Delhi: With the assam and Uttar Pradesh working on a population control policy, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has resumed advocating for a uniform population control policy in the country. Speaking to ThePrint, Surendra Jain, Joint Secretary General of VHP, said the Center should pass a national law toRead More →
Express press service Q. What is your 10 year vision for Assam? A: There are many problems. In the social sector, Assam is not in the top tier of states. All my efforts will focus on how we can improve the ranking of Assam in the areas of infrastructure, SDGRead More →
Recently, there have been many debates in India about population control. Unfortunately, some Muslim spokespersons and various opposition political parties think that it is a question of controlling the birth rates of minorities, without realizing that it is a necessity for all Indians in order to become a country ofRead More →
New Delhi: Four decades ago, China introduced the controversial one-child policy in a bid to control its massive population. Now it is planning to implement a three-child policy after the failure of its two-child policy, which was implemented only a few years ago. Zee News anchor Aditi Tyagi discussed China’sRead More →
Since 1970, the average the global temperature has increased by 0.8 C. During this time, the world’s population has doubled and carbon dioxide emissions have more than doubledaccording to data from the International Energy Agency. World Bank figures confirm this.showing that we are emitting a little more per capita thanRead More →
Posted by Padmaja Pati and Sanjina Gupta As we inaugurate the International Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness DayWe, two female-identifying individuals with wombs, wanted to dig a little deeper into how our bodies have been the battleground of control in this patriarchal society and the state at large for centuries.Read More →
Amid reports of several deaths in Norway after the Covid-19 vaccine was administered, a viral Facebook post claims that Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates wants to reduce the world’s population through forced vaccination. The Facebook post shows an old newspaper article to back up the claim. Many Facebook users posted aRead More →
The COVID-19 lockdown has jeopardized India’s population control measures, raising fears of a population explosion. In an interview with THE WEEK, Poonam Muttreja, executive director of Population Foundation of India (PFI), an organization that works for the betterment of disadvantaged women in India, talks about the scale of the problem.Read More →
For the past several years, I have expressed my opinion on the need to encourage population control to keep the earth’s human population to a number that is within the carrying capacity of the planet. A finite amount of resources and arable land cannot support infinite population growth. Although thereRead More →
With clockwork regularity, our misinformed politicians invoke the population “problem” to explain the disappointing state of the nation’s progress on many fronts. I fear that these vague comments will erupt any day into a new ‘population control’ bill without any clarity on what we want – a lower growth rate,Read More →
“We are at the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth,” noted climate activist and Time the magazine’s personality of the year Greta Thunberg in front of the United Nations in the summer of 2019. “How dareRead More →
Climate change has taken center stage globally in recent months after three reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change which paint a dire picture of the future if governments do not take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But when it comes to changing our behaviors to reduce CO2Read More →
In a world rotting from the impact of civilization, population control is the solution. While this seems like a morbid solution to the chaos humanity has created, the reality is that everyone supports population control in one way or another, consciously or unconsciously. Indeed, population control is arguably the politicalRead More →
“If we can get rid of enough people” the terrorist from El Paso wrote in his grotesque manifesto, “then our way of life can be more sustainable.” His sectarian outburst left little doubt as to who he meant by “us” and “our way of life.” Far-right eco-fascism presents its racistRead More →
Recently, when asked if he would take action to “curb population growth” because “the planet cannot sustain that growth,” Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders said yes, noting that he would focus on “poor countries around the world”. Former Vice President Joe Biden, one of Sanders’ rivals and current leading contender forRead More →
OPINION: Is the left re-embracing Malthusian population control to save the planet? Of all the silly proposals put forward by Democratic presidential hopefuls at CNN’s town hall on climate change last week, the dumbest wasn’t to ban plastic straws, incandescent light bulbs or travel. by plane. It wasn’t the claimRead More →
Mumbai, India – Across northern and central India, a campaign for a population control law is gaining momentum. The movement ostensibly seeks to raise awareness of the need to curtail India’s population of 1.34 billion, second only to China’s 1.39 billion. But its subtext reflects a core belief of right-wingRead More →
The pace of population growth around the world is slowing down, so much so that the 21st century may be the last where the digital presence of our species increases year on year. This is one of the highlights of the most recent revision of the World Population Prospects, releasedRead More →