Population Of Australia
Department of State Washington File: Text: Twelve Percent of U.S. Population Is Foreign Born
-- The foreign-born population is comprised largely of young adults, with 45 percent between the ages of 25 and 44, compared with 27 percent of natives. In contrast, natives are considerably more likely than the foreign-born to be children under 18 (28 percent versus 9 percent). ... -- Twenty-seven percent of the foreign-born age 25 and over had a bachelor's degree or higher education, not significantly different from the native population. Conversely, 22 percent had less than a ninth grade education, compared with 4 percent of the native population. ... [Read More]
Report on Global Anti-Semitism
January 5, 2005 Executive Summary I. Anti-SemitismAnti-Semitism has plagued the world for centuries. Taken to its most far-reaching and violent extreme, the Holocaust, anti-Semitism resulted in the deaths of millions of Jews and the suffering of countless others. Subtler, less vile forms of anti-Semitism have disrupted lives, decimated religious communities, created social and political cleavages, and complicated relations between countries as well as the work of international organizations. For an increasingly interdependent world, anti-Semitism is an intolerable burden. The increasing frequency and severity of anti-Semitic incidents since the start of the 21st century, particularly in Europe, has compelled the international com ... [Read More]
Washington HyperFile - East Asia Edition
Boucher Statement on Cut-Off of Funding for U.N. Population Program ... UN Population Fund U.S. to Cut Off Contribution to U.N. Population Fund ... Monday, July 22, 2002U.S. Department of StatePublic HyperFile ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Text: Census Bureau on U.S. Population Growth
The population age 65 and over would grow from 34.6 million in 1999 to 82.0 million in 2050 a 137 percent increase. The projections also show an especially rapid surge in the elderly population as the surviving "baby boomers" pass age 65; in the year 2011, baby boomers (those born between 1946 and 1964) will begin turning 65. Between 2011 and 2030, the number of elderly would rise from 40.4 million (13 percent of the population) to 70.3 million (20 percent of the population). ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Fact Sheet: Population Growth and Environmental Degradation
Clearly the environmental challenges humanity faces in the 21st century and beyond would be less difficult in a world with slower population growth or none at all. Population is a critical variable influencing the availability of each of the natural resources considered here. And access to family planning services is a critical variable influencing population. Use of family planning contributes powerfully to lower fertility, later childbearing, and slower population growth. Yet policymakers, environmentalists and the general public remain largely unaware of the growing interest of young people throughout the world in delaying pregnancies and planning their families. In greater proportions than ever, girls want to go to school and to college, and women want to find fulfilling and well-paid employment. Helping people in every country to obtain the information and services they need to put these ambitions into effect is all that can be done, and all that needs to be done, to end world pop ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Text: Census Bureau on U.S. Foreign Born Population
-- Almost half of the foreign-born population lived in the central city of a metropolitan area (45 percent) compared with slightly more than one-quarter of the native population (28 percent). Only 5 percent of the foreign-born population lived outside metro areas, compared with 21 percent of natives. ... The report contains data on characteristics of the foreign-born population such as region of birth, geographic distribution in the United States, age, citizenship, household size, marital status, educational level, employment status, occupation, earnings and poverty status. Comparisons are made between the foreign-born and the native populations, as well as among the foreign-born population by region of birth, citizenship and year of entry. ... [Read More]
Appendix -- Chapter 3, Environmental Education Volume
Most population growth is in the developing countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Many of these countries do not have enough resources to support their growing populations. Most poor people in these countries live in rural areas. Many of these people have to struggle to fill the basic needs of food, clean water, and homes. ... [Read More]
USIS Washington File: ALBRIGHT: STABLE POPULATION IMPORTANT FOR PROGRESS
Through a series of events between now and the International Forum in February 1999 and beyond, we will be deeply engaged. And we look forward to working with other governments and with international and non-governmental organizations to make sure that the profound shift in thinking on population issues sparked in Cairo continues to make a profound and lasting difference in the lives of men and women across the world. ... The world's population continues to grow by 80 million people every year. Half a million women continue to die each year from pregnancy-related causes -- 99 per cent of them in developing countries. And millions of people became infected with HIV/AIDS in each of the past four years. ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Text: U.N. Press Release on New Global Population Projections
The 2000 Revision indicates a worsening of the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in terms of increased morbidity, mortality and population loss. During the next five years, for example, the number of excess deaths because of AIDS among the 45 most affected countries (up from the 34 considered in the 1998 Revision) is estimated at 15.5 million. Despite the devastating impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the populations of the most affected countries are expected to be larger by mid-century than today. For the nine most affected countries in Africa (with HIV prevalence at or above 14 per cent), the population is projected to increase from 115 million in 2000 to 196 million in 2050. Even in Botswana, where HIV prevalence is 36 per cent, or in Swaziland and Zimbabwe, where it is above 25 per cent, the population is projected to increase significantly between 2000 and 2050: by 37 per cent in Botswana, 148 per cent in Swaziland and 86 per cent in Zimbabwe. Only in South Africa, whose fertility ... [Read More]
Australia (12/04)
The federal Parliament is bicameral, consisting of a 76-member Senate and a 150-member House of Representatives. Twelve senators from each state are elected for 6-year terms, with half elected every 3 years. Each territory has two senators who are elected for 3-year terms. The members of the House of Representatives are allocated among the states and territories roughly in proportion to population. In ordinary legislation, the two chambers have coordinate powers, but all proposals for appropriating revenue or imposing taxes must be introduced in the House of Representatives. Under the prevailing Westminster parliamentary system, the leader of the political party or coalition of parties that wins a majority of the seats in the House of Representatives is named prime minister. The prime minister and the cabinet wield actual power and are responsible to the Parliament, of which they must be elected members. General elections are held at least once every 3 years; the last general election ... [Read More]
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