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Ukrainian refugees helped push German population up 1.3% last year
Ukrainian refugees helped push German population up 1.3% last year
Large numbers of refugees fleeing Russia’s war in Ukraine fuelled a 1. 3% rise in Germany’s population last year, new official figures show. They helped push up the number of inhabitants in the European Union’s most populous country to more than 84.

Tue, 20 Jun, 2023

Seamless banner with a diverse crowd of people
Fergus Finlay: Population growth shows many wish to be part of our ‘little’ country 
While there has been discussion around the ageing population of our country, there are positives that can be taken from Census 2022 data

Tue, 06 Jun, 2023

CSO to show how Ireland has changed with publication of 2022 Census results
CSO to show how Ireland has changed with publication of 2022 Census results
Further reports will be published by the CSO in the coming months, delving into topics such as housing as revealed through the Census results in more detail

Mon, 29 May, 2023

India’s population to be world’s largest by end of month, says UN
India’s population to be world’s largest by end of month, says UN
By the end of April, India’s population is expected to reach 1.425 billion, which means it will match and then surpass mainland China’s

Mon, 24 Apr, 2023

India on track to become world’s most populous country, UN says
India on track to become world’s most populous country, UN says
India is on track to become the world’s most populous nation, surpassing China by 2. 9 million people by mid-2023, according to data released by the United Nations. The South Asian country will have an estimated 1. 4286 billion people against China’s 1.

Wed, 19 Apr, 2023

Winter weather Nov 28th
Next DĂĄil to have up to 20 additional TDs
While the new statutory Electoral Commission has indicated a range of between 171 and 181 TDs, senior Government sources have said the next DĂĄil will have 178 or 180 TDs

Mon, 13 Feb, 2023

Polling day in Afghanistan
Letters to the Editor: Misogyny is our greatest crime
It is hard sometimes to grasp the levels of institutionalised discrimination and violent abuse inflicted on women and girls in every nation across every domain by sexist and misogynist men.

Mon, 23 Jan, 2023

China records first population decline in decades
China records first population decline in decades
China has announced its first population decline in decades as what has been the world’s most populous nation ages and its birth rate plunges.

Tue, 17 Jan, 2023

FILE PHOTO According to figures released by the Central Statistics Office, the Republic of Ireland's population has exceeded 5 m
Ireland sees largest population increase since 2008 as immigration hits 15-year high
By location, just over 28% of the population reside in Dublin while  14.4% live in Cork and Kerry

Wed, 24 Aug, 2022

Busy street in Madurai, India
UN expects world’s population to reach eight billion in November
The United Nations has said it expects the world’s population to reach eight billion on November 15 and projected that India will replace China as the world’s most populous nation next year.

Mon, 11 Jul, 2022

Coronavirus - Mon Jan 11, 2021
EU population falls for second year running due to Covid
Population growth in the EU had been tapering off, and the number of people here has now fallen for two years in a row  

Mon, 11 Jul, 2022

Census shows the population of Ireland has risen to its highest level since 1841
Census shows the population of Ireland has risen to its highest level since 1841
Preliminary data from Census 2022, conducted in early April, shows there were 5,123,536 people in the country on census night

Thu, 23 Jun, 2022

With the cost of everything spiralling, is parenting hesitancy the new normal?
With the cost of everything spiralling, is parenting hesitancy the new normal?
Declining birth rates around the world may be seen as a good thing since it slows population growth and its associated environmental costs. However, it will leave a relatively small working-age population having to shoulder the pension, health, and care costs of an increasingly ageing population, writes Dr Colm O’Doherty

Tue, 30 Nov, 2021

FILE PHOTO According to figures released by the Central Statistics Office, the Republic of Ireland's population has exceeded 5 m
Fergus Finlay: Five million reasons and growing to celebrate living in the Republic
We’ve lived through suppression and oppression, war and horror and famine and disease, to the point almost of extinction. And now we’re different. Thriving, achieving, building and rebuilding whenever we have to. 

Tue, 07 Sep, 2021

New Beginnings
Niamh Hourigan: Population growth opens a new chapter in the story of Irish society
Ireland's population topping 5m for the first time since the 1850s is a pivotal moment for a country often defined by emigration

Sat, 04 Sep, 2021

Coronavirus - Mon Jul 12, 2021
Ireland's population rises to more than 5m for the first time since 1851
New CSO figures show how the combination of positive net migration and natural increase gave population growth of 34,000 in the year to April 2021 to push the population to an estimated 5.01m.

Tue, 31 Aug, 2021

Baby Stock
China allows couples third child to tackle plummeting birth rate
From the 1980s, China strictly limited most couples to one child, a policy enforced with threats of fines or loss of jobs, leading to abuses including forced abortions

Sat, 21 Aug, 2021

China Population
China sees fewer births and loses workers as its 1.4 billion people age
The number of working-age people in China fell over the past decade as its ageing population barely grew, a census showed on Tuesday.The total population rose to 1.411 billion people last year, up 72 million from 2010, according to the once-a-decade ...

Tue, 11 May, 2021

Virus Outbreak China
China denies reports that population is falling
China’s population grew last year, the government said, following a news report a once-a-decade census might have found a decline, possibly adding to downward pressure on economic growth.

Thu, 29 Apr, 2021

Coronavirus - Mon May 4, 2020
Ireland will need 28,000 new homes a year to accommodate predicted 5.6m population
Demand will be highest in Dublin, but also high in Cork city, Meath and Kildare, researchers say.

Mon, 14 Dec, 2020

Global population
Natural increase in population falls to lowest level for five years
The natural increase in population has fallen to its lowest quarterly level for five years, new vital statistics for the first quarter of 2020 show.

Fri, 28 Aug, 2020

UK population figures
Global population forecast to peak by 2064 before shrinking at end of century
The global population may peak at around 9. 7 billion in 2064 before falling to 8. 8 billion by the end of the century, a new study suggests.

Wed, 15 Jul, 2020

Concern raised over Norway's dropping birth rate
Concern raised over Norway's dropping birth rate

Ministers in Norway have acknowledged a problem exists after the country's statistical agency recorded the lowest number of newborns since it started counting in the 19th century.

Thu, 07 Mar, 2019

Minister rules out contraceptives as means of controlling Phoenix Park deer population
Minister rules out contraceptives as means of controlling Phoenix Park deer population

The Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe has ruled out the use of contraceptives as a means of controlling the wild deer population in the Phoenix Park.

Sun, 24 Feb, 2019

Cork County Council plans for more sheltered housing in towns and villages
Cork County Council plans for more sheltered housing in towns and villages

Cork County Council is to draw up plans to create more sheltered housing in towns and villages, thus providing suitable accommodation for a rapidly-aging population.

Mon, 14 Jan, 2019

Ireland among half of world's nations experiencing 'baby bust'
Ireland among half of world's nations experiencing 'baby bust'

Almost half of the world's nations, including Ireland, are experiencing a 'baby bust' because there are not enough children to maintain their population size.

Fri, 09 Nov, 2018

Ireland has just experienced its largest population growth since 2008
Ireland has just experienced its largest population growth since 2008

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has revealed how - with population growth of 64,500 in the year to April 2018 - Ireland has experienced the largest annual increase since 2008

Tue, 28 Aug, 2018

Ireland's population growth five times EU average
Ireland's population growth five times EU average

Population growth in Ireland was more than five times the EU average in 2017, new figures have revealed.

Thu, 12 Jul, 2018

Readers' Blog: Population growth must be controlled in Ireland
Readers' Blog: Population growth must be controlled in Ireland

John MacBreg correctly stated that population growth will present “a growing, growing, growing problem” — ‘Population growth in our national plan will be a growing problem’ (Irish Examiner, Letters, June 30).

Mon, 09 Jul, 2018

‘Pill’ could aid deer control
‘Pill’ could aid deer control

It might sound silly to suggest a form of “the pill’’ for animals, or some other means of contraception to keep ou burgeoning deer population down. Not all that fanciful, however.

Mon, 15 Jan, 2018

Repak calls for increased recycling to cope with rise in population
Repak calls for increased recycling to cope with rise in population

We need to increase our recycling further, to cope with the population increase.

Wed, 27 Dec, 2017

Ireland had the largest ’natural’ population rise in EU last year
Ireland had the largest ’natural’ population rise in EU last year

Ireland had the highest birth rate in the EU in 2016 and the joint lowest death rate, it has emerged.

Mon, 10 Jul, 2017

Population distribution and movement trends revealed in latest Census report
Population distribution and movement trends revealed in latest Census report

The latest report based on figures from Census 2016 has been published today.

Thu, 11 May, 2017

Water charges to affect just 8% of households in new agreement
Water charges to affect just 8% of households in new agreement

It looks like practically no one is going to have to pay for water.

Wed, 29 Mar, 2017

Cork population to hit 850k by 2050
Cork population to hit 850k by 2050

A blueprint given to the Government for future growth in Cork has forecasted the population of the city and county will increase from 542,000 to 846,000 by 2050 and has warned significant infrastructure investment will be needed to support this.

Tue, 14 Mar, 2017

Ireland sees continuing decrease in number of births
Ireland sees continuing decrease in number of births

The number of babies being born in Ireland is continuing to decline, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office.

Thu, 27 Oct, 2016

Population increases and flows from west to east
Population increases and flows from west to east

The population is continuing to grow despite continued high levels of emigration, the first results from the 2016 Census show.

Fri, 15 Jul, 2016

Phil Hogan: Food sector faces output and climate challenges
Phil Hogan: Food sector faces output and climate challenges
The world’s population is rising every single day by some 84,500 people, which is about the equivalent of Limerick’s population.

Mon, 21 Dec, 2015

Ireland’s population is youngest in the EU
Ireland’s population is youngest in the EU
Ireland has the youngest population in the European Union, with one in four now aged 14 or under.

Thu, 03 Dec, 2015

Figures reveal Wexford is the county with the most burglaries
Figures reveal Wexford is the county with the most burglaries

Wexford is the county with the most burglaries by head of population.

Sat, 28 Nov, 2015

Polar bear population set to drop 30% as global warming thaws Arctic sea ice
Polar bear population set to drop 30% as global warming thaws Arctic sea ice
Polar bear populations are likely to fall by more than 30% by around mid-century as global warming thaws Arctic sea ice, experts said in the most detailed review of the predators to date.

Fri, 20 Nov, 2015

UK population to jump to 75 million by 2039
UK population to jump to 75 million by 2039
The population of the United Kingdom is set to jump by the equivalent of a country the size of Ireland in the next decade, official figures have revealed.

Fri, 30 Oct, 2015

Two-thirds of the world's population under 50 have herpes
Two-thirds of the world's population under 50 have herpes

United Nations health experts has said two-thirds of the world's population under 50 have the type of herpes which causes cold sores.

Thu, 29 Oct, 2015

World's population set to reach 11.2bn by end of century
World's population set to reach 11.2bn by end of century

The world’s population is expected to reach 8.5 billion by 2030 and 9.7 billion in 2050 before hitting 11.2 billion people by the end of the century, a new UN report says.

Wed, 29 Jul, 2015

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