I. Introduction The Philippine population in the early 1990s continued to grow at a rapid‚ although somewhat reduced rate from that which had prevailed in the preceding decades. In 1990 the Philippine population was more than 66 million‚ up from 48 million in 1980. This figure represents an annual growth rate of 2.5 percent‚ down from 2.6 percent in 1980 and from more than 3 percent in the 1960s. Even at the lower growth rate‚ the Philippine population will increase to an estimated 77 million
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The Urbanization of the Human Population Urbanization is the concentration of people in towns and cities‚ this marks a fundamental step in mans social evolution. Cities first appeared some 5‚500 years ago they were both small and overcrowded. Today the biggest cities in the world accommodate most people due to urban agglomeration (e.g. 7% of the American nations land accommodated 70% of the nation in 1960). This saw a high degree of social complexity and interactment as never imagined before
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Using Census Information in Planning In a number of countries‚ the population census plays a major role in the allocation of elected political seats in government. The number of elected officials for each governmental administrative unit is determined by the population size of a given locale. For some countries‚ the information is also used in the allocation of government resources. The size of the population determines‚ in part‚ the amount of money that is provided by government for development
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On the Ageing Population The Issue With the development of the advanced society‚ increasingly numbers of nations are facing the ageing problem. The aging population‚ the fraction of the population aged 65 and over exceeds 8-10%‚ has been universally recognized as one of the worldwide social issues in 21 century. We are ageing—not just as individuals or communities but as a world. In 2006‚ almost 500 million people worldwide were 65 and older. By 2030‚ that total is projected to increase
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Statistics (2009)‚ the estimated population of Melbourne SD is 3.9 million at June 2008‚ an increase of 74‚600 people or 2.0% since June 2007. Melbourne SD experienced the largest growth amongst all Australian capital city SDs for the year to June 2008. And the Government of Victoria believes that there will be a one million growth of population in the next 30 years (Victoria Department of Sustainability and Environment‚ 2005). Due to the large number growth of population‚ how to plan Melbourne as one
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OVER POPULATION “Whether we accept it or not‚ this will likely be the century that determines what the optimal human population is for our planet. It will come about in one of two ways: Either we decide to manage our own numbers‚ to avoid a collision of every line on civilization’s graph – or nature will do it for us‚ in the form of famines‚ thirst‚ climate chaos‚ crashing ecosystems‚ opportunistic disease and wars over dwindling resources that finally cut us down to size” – Alan Weisman
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"What is population education?" It’s all about people - how the human race has grown and shaped the world around us. World population has quadrupled in the past century‚ changing the way we use natural resources and function as societies. Population education is the ultimate multi-disciplinary field; it’s ecology‚ human geography‚ anthropology‚ economics‚ biology‚ public health‚ sociology‚ environmental studies‚ history and civics all rolled into one‚ with a good bit of mathematics to help us
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the world’s most populous country. * As the world’s population is approximately 6.7 billion‚ China represents a full 20% of the world’s population so one in every five people on the planet is a resident of China. * China’s population growth has been somewhat slowed by the one child policy‚ in effect since 1979. * China’s one child policy was established by Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in 1979 to limit communist China’s population growth. Although designated a "temporary measure‚" it continues
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The Population Problem Two hundred years ago‚ Thomas Malthus‚ in An Essay on the Principle of Population‚ reached the conclusion that the number of people in the world will increase exponentially‚ while the ability to feed these people will only increase arithmetically (21). Current evidence shows that this theory may not be far from the truth. For example‚ between 1950 and 1984‚ the total amount of grain produced more than doubled‚ much more than the increase in population in those 34 years.
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Philippines - population Population‚ total The value for Population‚ total in Philippines was 93‚261‚000 as of 2010. As the graph below shows‚ over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 93‚261‚000 in 2010 and a minimum value of 26‚010‚300 in 1960. Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population‚ which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum‚ who are
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