Population data sheet 2023
The Population Data Sheet, published annually by ESCAP, features a range of key indicators on population and development. The focus is on population size, structure and growth rates, as well as fertility,
Population Trends
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New arrival ushers hope for rhino population in Dudhwa
LUCKNOW: Banke has his clan growing. The dusky old rhino, now 30 plus, has seen his fourth generation set in. When his female partner Rajeshwari gave birth to a calf on Friday (September 11), a new hope dawned for the rhinos in Dudhwa.
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India hands out second-hand death to vultures
India, which has lost 99 per cent of the four-crore population of vultures in the last three decades and continues to witness the decline of the existing ones at the rate of 40 per cent annually, will make a
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Dont mix tiger populations: study
Even as tigers go extinct in national parks across India, a study has found that translocating a tiger from one part of the country to another could end up doing more harm than good. In fact, a tiger genome study shows the six genetically distinct tiger populations in India should not be mixed, especially now that the threat of extinction looms large.
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Advances in development reverse fertility declines
The increasing wealth of nations is accompanied by a fall in fertility such that in many developed and developing nations fertility rates have dropped below replacement value (less than 2.1 children per woman). Rapid population ageing, and in some cases the prospect of significant population decline, present difficult social and political problems.
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Babies make a comeback
The population of some wealthy countries is shrinking because of a declining birth rate. It comes as a surprise, and one with policy implications, that after a certain point of development that trend can reverse.
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STR has just 61 tigers: Centre
BALASORE: The Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in Mayurbhanj district, the fourth biggest reserve in India, has lost 40 Royal Bengal tigers in the last five years. It has just 61 tigers at present. This was disclosed by the Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh in the Rajya Sabha recently.
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Light at the end of the population tunnel
Why India's population will stabilise sooner than expected Sanjeev Sanyal / July 15, 2009, 0:41 IST
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'Total fertility rate witnessed at 4.1 children per woman'
Despite having one of the oldest Family Planning programmes in the region, the Pakistan's total fertility rate (TFR) has been witnessed as 4.1 children per woman, while low contraception prevalence rate (CPR) has been observed that lies 30 per cent.
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Urbanisation and agricultural growth in India
An attempt has been made in this paper to analyse the relationship between urbanisation and agricultural growth in India. Agriculture is the mainstay of Indian economy because of its high share in employment and livelihood creation notwithstanding its reduced contribution to the nation's gross domestic product.
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Capital may have its own state bird, animal, tree and flower
New Delhi: The country