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World-class weather The lessons the Windy City has for America F OR A SENSE of what is thriving in Chicago, it is worth visiting the offices of Hazel Technologies, a [...]

The 2021 census shows the most, and least, diverse neighbourhoods in Britain's capital Britain's population census, released last week, was jam-packed with data about the ethnic and religious makeup of [...]

The pecking order of the world's population is soon to change T HE WORLD'S population is expected to reach 8bn on November 15th. But, such is the uncertainty with counting [...]

IT IS AN odd admission for the boss of a national statistical agency. Not only are many of his numbers wrong, says Apostol Simovski, head of North Macedonia's statistical office, [...]

Land area 2,737,000 sq km Population 43.13m (2015) Main towns Population (m; 2010 census) Federal district & Buenos Aires province: 18.5 Córdoba: 3.3 Santa Fe: 3.2 Mendoza: 1.7 Tucumán: 1.4 [...]

Land area 131,957 sq km Population 10.79m (2011 census) Main cities Population in '000 (2011 census) Greater Athens (capital): 3,812 Thessaloniki: 1,104 Patras & district: 311 Iraklion & district: 304 [...]

2013[sup.a] 2014[sup.a] 2015[sup.a] 2016[sup.a] 2017[sup.b] GDP at market prices (AR bn) 23,397.0 25,774.5 28,568.4 33,659.6[sup.b] 36,545.9 GDP (US$ m) 10,602 10,674 9,739 10,596[sup.b] 11,623 Real GDP growth (%) 2.3 3.3 [...]

Land area 86,600 sq km Population 9.7m (January 1st 2016, local source data) Main towns Population in '000 (January 1st 2016) Baku (capital): 2,226 Sumgait: 336 Ganja: 330 Climate Ranging [...]

2013[sup.a] 2014[sup.a] 2015[sup.a] 2016[sup.a] 2017[sup.b] 2018[sup.c] 2019[sup.c] GDP Nominal GDP (US$ m) 33,594 35,827 37,517 38,655 40,855 43,723 46,506 Nominal GDP (JD m) 23,852 25,437 26,637 27,445 29,007 31,044 33,019 [...]

2013[sup.a] 2014[sup.a] 2015[sup.a] 2016[sup.a] 2017[sup.b] 2018[sup.c] 2019[sup.c] GDP Nominal GDP (US$ bn) 9,635 10,535 11,226 11,232 12,111 12,799 13,269 Nominal GDP (Rmb bn) 59,696 64,718 69,911 74,631 81,875 87,662 94,236 [...]

Land area 2,344,885 sq km Population 79.7m (2016; UN statistics) Main towns Population ('000; 2013 World Gazetteer calculation) Kinshasa (capital): 9,757 Lubumbashi: 1,872 Mbuji-Mayi: 1,745 Kananga: 1,111 Kisangani: 971 Bukavu: [...]

2013[sup.a] 2014[sup.a] 2015[sup.a] 2016[sup.a] 2017[sup.b] GDP at market prices (Ikr bn) 1,899.7 2,019.0 2,232.4 2,448.8 2,614.7 GDP (US$ bn) 15.5 17.3 16.9 20.3 24.5 Real GDP growth (%) 4.3 2.1 [...]

Land area 10,452 sq km Population 4.97m (IMF estimate, 2014, excluding Syrians and Palestinians living in refugee camps Population in '000 by governorate administration (National Survey of Household Living Conditions, [...]

Researchers at Pew are wondering whether Hispanics will ever become the majority in California (they probably passed whites to become the largest ethnic group last year). The state's most recent [...]

Event A new report by the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) highlights declining fertility rates and increasing life expectancy since 1950 as factors that will [...]

Cities are bound to grow, but they need planning to be liveable THE wooden shacks are neatly grouped in blocks; fences separate lots; there is even the odd well-tended garden. [...]

The world's population will reach 7 billion by the end of October, according to the latest projections from the United Nations. For the first time this year, the UN has [...]

Thirty years on, some want to scrap the repressive policy. The problem may be to get people to have more--not fewer--babies IN MARCH, Yang Zhizhu was fired as a law [...]

Land area 238,537 sq km Population 23.5m (2007, IMF estimate) Main towns Population in '000 (2008, World Gazetteer) Accra (capital): 2,280 Kumasi: 1,766 Sekondi-Takoradi: 454 Tamale: 428 Achiaman: 255 Tema: [...]

Land area 475,442 sq km Population 18.9m (UN estimate for mid-2008) Main towns Population in '000 (2008; World Gazetteer estimates) Douala: 1,978 Yaounde (capital): 1,677 Garoua: 519 Bamenda: 486 Maroua: [...]

Land area 197,000 sq km Population 30.9m (2007, IMF mid-year estimate) Main towns Population in '000 (2002 census) Kampala (capital): 1,200 Entebbe: 43 Jinja: 65 Mbarara: 41 Mbale: 54 Soroti: [...]

Land area 9,251 sq km, of which 3,355 sq km is controlled by the Turkish Cypriot administration, 151 sq km is in the UN-monitored buffer zone (Green Line) and 254 [...]

Land area 83,600 sq km; 77,700 sq km excluding islands, of which 97% is desert Population 5.6m (at end-2008; Economist Intelligence Unit estimate) Member states Percentage of population in each [...]

Land area 207,600 sq km Population 9.69m (end-2007) Main towns Population in '000 (end-2006) Minsk (capital): 1,729 Gomel: 480 Mogilev: 369 Vitebsk: 350 Grodno: 321 Brest: 320 Climate Continental Languages [...]

Land area 23,200 sq km Population 852,844 (2008 World Gazetteer estimate) Main towns Population, 2008 ('000; World Gazetteer estimates) Djibouti (capital): 596 Ali Sabieh: 22 Dikhil: 16 Arta: 11 Tadjoura: [...]

Land area 118,484 sq km with five inland lakes accounting for 24,208 sq km Population 13.57m (2006; IMF estimate) Main towns Population in '000, (2008; Economist Intelligence Unit estimates) Lilongwe [...]

Land area 1,240,190 sq km Population 12.7m (2008 IMF estimates) Main towns Population in 2009 (World Gazetteer estimates) Bamako (capital): 1,728,444 Sikasso: 192,400 Mopti: 103,428 Kayes: 103,101 Climate Mostly hot [...]

Land area 948 sq km Population 36,605 (2008, official estimate) Climate Subtropical Weather in Grand Turk (altitude 3 metres) Hottest month, August, 26-32°C; coldest months, January-February, 21-27°C (average daily minimum [...]

Land area 1,030,700 sq km Population 3.1m (Official 2008 estimate; 2.5m in December 2000 census result) Main towns (Population estimates 2009, The World Gazetteer) Nouakchott (capital) 798,725 Nouadhibou 113,400 Kiffa [...]

Total area 488,100 sq km Population 5.18m (mid-2008 estimate; US Census Bureau) Main towns Population in '000, beginning of 2004 Ashgabat (capital): 828 Turkmenabat: 256 Dashoguz: 210 Climate Continental desert; [...]

A young and increasingly urban population Iran's population stood at around 69.4m at the end of 2005, according to the UN. The fertility rate in 2000-05, according to the latest [...]

Population ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Newfoundland & Labrador 519.4 518.4 517.0 515.0 510.4 Prince Edward Island 136.9 137.3 137.9 137.9 138.3 Nova Scotia 934.5 936.2 937.0 936.1 934.4 [...]

Population and labour force ------------------------------------------------------ 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total population (m)(a) 3.16 3.21 3.22 3.24 3.28 Population growth (%)(b) 1.0 1.6 0.3 0.6 1.2 (a) Estimates. (b) The [...]

Population by census ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 Total population 47,516 50,624 54,137 56,557 56,778 56,996 Source: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (Istat), population database. SOURCE: Country [...]

Population ---------------------------------------------------------------- 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Total 38,219 38,191 38,174 38,157 38,122 % change, year on year -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.1 By sex: Male 18,507 18,487 18,470 18,454 [...]

Population (Libyan nationals only) ---------------------------------------------------- 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Total (m) 5.41 5.52 5.63 5.74 5.85 % change, year on year 1.88 2.03 1.99 1.95 1.92 Sources: National Authority [...]

Demographic statistics -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1970 1980 1990 2000 2006 Total population (m)(a) 203.3 226.5 248.7 281.4 299.4 Birth rate (per 1,000 population) 18.4 15.9 16.7 14.7 13.9 Death rate (per 1,000 [...]

Population --------------------------------------------------------- 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Population (year-end) 6,376 6,507 6,640 6,780 6,920 % change, year on year 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.1 By location Rural 4,685 4,787 4,882 [...]

Population estimates -------------------------------------------------------- 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Total (mid-year estimates) 70.3 71.3 72.3 73.3 74.3 % change, year on year 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3 Source: UN, UN Population [...]

Population and labour -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Population 47.6 47.9 48.0 48.1 48.3 % change 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.3 Population aged 15 & over 34.1 34.3 34.4 [...]

Population, 2002 ------------------------------- District Total Lower Nugaal Taleh 29,700 Xundun 28,900 Las Anod 90,100 Garowe 49,500 Eyl 26,500 Togdheer Odweine 39,900 Burao 202,000 Buhoodle 35,800 Central region Gaikayo 95,000 Jariban [...]

Population -------------------------------------------------- 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Urban 1,421.0 1,464.2 1,498.2 n/a n/a Rural 1,054.4 1,039.8 1,034.9 n/a n/a Total 2,475.4 2,504.0 2,533.1 2,562.8 2,594.1 Source: National Statistical Office of [...]

Population ----------------------------------------------- 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Males 195.4 196.8 198.1 199.6 200.6 (-0.9) (-0.7) (-0.7) (-0.8) (-0.5) Females 199.3 200.5 201.8 203.1 203.7 (-0.8) (-0.6) (-0.6) (-0.6) (-0.3) Total [...]

Population ---------------------------------------------------- 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Population 1.80 1.80 1.80 1.80 1.79 % change, year on year 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.6 Source: IMF, International Financial Statistics. SOURCE: Country [...]

Population ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Jan 1st 59,660 60,067 60,462 60,825 61,167 Annual average ('000) 59,836 60,245 60,618 60,969 61,328 Birth rate per '000 population 12.7 12.6 12.6 [...]

Population ----------------------------------------------------- 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Males 1,953.3 1,986.5 2,009.2 2,028.0 2,050.6 Females 2,022.6 2,052.9 2,074.7 2,092.5 2,115.0 Total 3,975.9 4,039.4 4,083.9 4,120.5 4,165.6 % change 1.6 1.6 1.1 [...]

Population -------------------------------------------------------------- 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Population (m)(a) 127.5 127.7 127.8 127.8 127.8 % change, year on year 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 By age group (%) 0-14 14.2 [...]