These changes mainly reflect the growing number of elderly population, as the population gentrifies.

Population ageing, the process by which older individuals form a proportionately larger share of the total population, was one of the most distinctive demographic events of the late twentieth century.

From that time on, our population apos s relative growth rate fell steadily, declining to 2.1 per cent in 1990.

In last decades, the Mozambican population has grown to a rhythm sped up by about 3,3 , caused by the formation of a considerable sector of vulnerable population.

Rapid ageing of the population, with a shrinking labour force, will impose pressure on public expenditure on pensions as the number of retirees increases while the number of contributors to pension funds becomes smaller.

In recent years, associations of retired and older persons have increased in number across the world a result not only of population ageing but also a response to age discrimination and exclusion.

The working female population has been showing a continuous, though slight, increase, from 32.5 per cent of the total working population in 1991 to 34.77 per cent in 1995.

The annual rate of population growth was 3.1 per cent between the 1960 and 1970 censuses, dropping to 2.6 per cent between 1980 and 1990.

Growing levels of unemployment further alienate young people from the older generations.

276. Demographic trends have resulted in a growing need for dwellings designed especially for the elderly.

The world s population has tripled since the United Nations was created in 1945. And our numbers keep growing, with corresponding pressures on land, energy, food, and water. The global economy is generating pressures as well rising joblessness, widening social inequalities, and the emergence of new economic powers.

The world s population has tripled since the United Nations was created in 1945. And our numbers keep growing, with corresponding pressures on land, energy, food, and water. The global economy is generating pressures as well  rising joblessness, widening social inequalities, and the emergence of new economic powers.

Increasing pressure on agricultural land due to a growing world population has led to encroachment on forest reserves.

(d) Lower population growth and depopulation in recent years

50. With demographic ageing, care recipients are changing there are fewer children needing care and more of the very old.

In the previous intercensal periods, the population increased from 5,661,801 in 1980 by an annual average rate of 3.1 per cent during 1969 1980 to 7,759,161 with an average growth rate of 2.7 per cent from 1980 to 1990.

One of the major problems which the Comoros has to face is the rapid growth of its population, which increases the demand for social services and jobs and puts increasing pressure on a fragile ecosystem.

However, over the long run, the demographic bonus dissipates as the population continues to age and the dependency ratio rises again because of increasing proportions of elderly persons.

The rapid ageing of the population in the region, in particular the ageing of the older population, would increase expenditure on public health.

For tens of thousands of years, the human population tended to rise and fall without a substantial long term trend. Only in the past two centuries, with the rise of modern economic life, did the world's population soar, from around one billion people in 1820 to 6.3 billion today and around 9 billion by 2050.

It was the first in a series of regional conferences that will lead to a global memorandum on ageing, charting the needs and expectations of each region within the context of a growing older population.

Between 2005 and 2015, the least developed countries as a whole are expected to absorb nearly a quarter of all population growth in the world.

Now look, as long as we continue to increase the population, we're going to have to continue to grow and eat genetically modified foods, and that's the only position that I'll take today.

The annual natural growth rate is estimated at 3.1 per cent, but the actual population growth rate for the past decade has been 5 per cent.

Furthermore, the land and water resources for rice production are diminishing, while the population is still growing steadily.

Internationally, the number of poor people has increased and the living conditions of hundreds of millions of people have worsened.

The population of least developed countries will more than double by 2050, and will more than triple between 2005 and 2050 in 11 least developed countries.20

The annual population growth rate was 0.04 per cent.

There was a negative population growth rate in 1990.

China's imports have fluctuated, but have generally increased since 1996.

The workforce grew to 36,878, an 11 per cent rise over the decade.

This means that the Central African population has grown by 650,000 in the space of 16 years, an annual growth rate of 1.29 per cent.

Large numbers of the elderly live alone, especially women who have longer life expectancy and make up 58 per cent of the elderly population.

The annual rate of increase in the EAP is 4 per cent, for exceeding the rate of growth of the total population.

Growing populations, climactic change and natural disasters had profoundly affected agricultural productivity.

Beginning in 1999, the increase in enrolment has become steady and has demonstrated a tendency to accelerate due to the ageing population of subscribers.

In 1997 population growth rate was estimated at 0.6 per cent.

From 1960 to 1990, the gross domestic product (GDP) grew at an average annual rate of 2.7 per cent, very similar to the population growth rate, which was 2.8 per cent between 1961 and 1972 and 2.6 per cent between 1972 and 1981.

The past decade has seen a growing demand for United Nations humanitarian assistance.

The increase in the number of elderly people in Denmark is also a source of rising expenditure.

Population growth (annual ) ____________

The phenomenal urban growth since the 1950s has far outpaced the overall rate of increase in population.

During the period from 1990 to 1995, the population grew at an annual rate of 3.8 per cent, one of the highest growth rates in the Pacific Islands and the world.

It fell from 3.4 per 1,000 persons of the population in 1980 to 2.9 in 1993.

The population of Windhoek has been increasing at an annual rate of 5,4 between 1991 and 1995, the largest annual growth rate in history.