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US foreign-born population swells to highest in over a century

The number of foreign-born people in the United States grew last year to its highest share in over a century.

Population sector needs immediate attention for economic growth: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Saturday said the unchecked population growth was a major challenge in ensuring sustainable growth and needed greater...

Sindh govt claims to provide water to 53pc population, drainage facility to 40pc

KARACHI: The Sindh government through Public Health Engineering Department provides drinking water to 16.567 million population which is 53 percent while its drainage schemes...

China’s Shanghai to battle ‘big city disease’ by limiting population to 25 million

SHANGHAI: China’s financial hub of Shanghai will limit its population to 25 million people by 2035 as part of a quest to manage “big...

Karachi’s population no less than 30 million, says Farooq Sattar

KARACHI: Expressing apprehensions on the provisional results of census 2017, Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) chief Farooq Sattar on Friday said Karachi’s population was no...

Army expresses unflinching resolve to ensure security of population along LoC

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Army on Friday expressed unflinching resolve to ensure security of its population, and taking all necessary measures to deter any Indian aggression...

132 million in 1998, Pakistan’s population now reaches 207.7 million: census report

The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics has presented a provisional census report showing the country’s current population at 207.7 million against 132 million that was estimated...

Final phase of housing, population census kicks off today

RAWALPINDI: The second and final phase of sixth national housing and population census is underway in the country. In this phase census will be conducted...

Second block of first phase of census begins today

ISLAMABAD: The population and household count in the second block of the phase one under the sixth population census in sixty-three districts across the...

Army Chief approves deployment of troops during population census

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General Qammar Javed Bajwa on Friday approved the plan to support and conduct the sixth population and housing census,...

The population of blockaded Gaza Strip has reached two million

GAZA STRIP: The two millionth person has been born in Gaza, with the birth of a baby boy named Waleed officially recognised as reaching...

Asia’s ageing population to cost $20 trillion: study

SINGAPORE: Asia's population is ageing faster than anywhere in the world, a study said Thursday, warning the swelling ranks of the elderly will cost the region $20 trillion in healthcare by 2030.

22,000 personnel to be recruited in Sindh police under supervision of Army: Nisar

KARACHI: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Monday said 22,000 personnel, including 2,000 ex-military servicemen, would be recruited in Sindh police under the supervision of Army, ARY News reported.

Erdogan tells Turkish women to have ‘at least 3 kids’

ISTANBUL: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday urged Turkish women to have at least three children, saying a woman's life was "incomplete" if she failed to have offspring.

China’s population to grow 45 million by 2020: plan

BEIJING: China expects its population to rise by around 45 million -- almost the number of people in Spain -- in the next five years, it said Saturday, as it confronts a growing demographic crisis in the wake of the one-child policy.

Hindu population in India drops below 80pc as Muslim ratio rises

NEW DELHI: India's Hindus have dropped below 80 per cent of the population for the first time since independence and media had speculated the previous government deliberately delayed the release of the data because it showed a rise in the Muslim population.

Muslim population could catch up with Christians globally: study

WASHINGTON: The Muslim and Christian populations could be nearly equal by 2050, with Islam expected to be the fastest-growing faith on the planet, according to projections released Thursday.  

Population census to be conducted in March 2016

ISLAMABAD: The Council of Common Interests (CCI) has approved holding population census in March 2016, ARY News reported Wednesday.

India's birth rate shrinks due to female literacy

NEW DELHI: India's birth rate declined dramatically in the last two decades due in part to rising female literacy, a new study shows, but experts warned against complacency in the country of 1.2 billion.

World Population Day being observed today

World Population Day is being marked across the world today. It aims to aware the people about the issues of rising global population.
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