Population of Astana exceeds 1.5 million
Tengrinews.kz - The population of Astana has surpassed 1.5 million, according to recent data from the Bureau of National Statistics.
Kazakhstan’s population reaches over 20 million
Tengrinews.kz – Kazakhstan’s population reached 20,223,218 as of October 1, according to recent data from the Bureau of National Statistics.
China's online population exceeds 700 million
The number of web users in China has risen over 700 million.
Qatar population hits 2.5 million on worker influx
Qatar's population has reached 2.5 million people, swollen by the huge numbers of foreign workers employed in the tiny Gulf emirate.
A baby is born every 113 seconds in Kazakhstan
One person is born every 113 seconds and one person dies each 200 seconds in Kazakhstan.
Quarter of global population will be African by 2050: UNICEF
A quarter of the world's population will be African within 35 years as the continent's birth rates continue to rapidly rise.
Population of Zhanaozen exceeds plans
The population of Zhanaozen town in western Kazakhstan has exceeded the development plan.
London tops super-rich city list, survey shows
London has more billionaires than any other city in the world, and Britain has more billionaires per head of population than any other country, new data showed.
Population of Kazakhstan's south to outnumber north four times
The population in Kazakhstan's northern regions may shrink by nearly one million people by 35 years, and become four times smaller than that of the southern areas.
Australia falls short on Aboriginal welfare targets
PM Tony Abbott admitted Australia has failed to meet important targets on Aboriginal life expectancy, education and employment, but insisted progress has been made in other areas.
Singapore PM urges more babies in Year of the Horse
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Thursday urged young couples to get off to a "galloping start" in the Year of the Horse by having more babies to boost flagging birth rates.
Bats bounce back in Europe: EU watchdog
Europe's bat population recovered by more than 40 percent between 1993 and 2011 after decades of decline.
Brazil scientists warn on dwindling jaguar population
The jaguar could soon become extinct in Brazil's tropical Atlantic forest, threatening the shrinking primitive forest itself.
Kazakhstan’s urban population to reach 70% by 2050
As of September 1, 2013, the country’s population stood at slightly over 17 million.
Kazakhstan MP offers to raise benefit at child birth
Member of the Majilis (Lower Chamber of the Parliament) Tursynbek Omurzakov has offered to increase one-time benefit at child birth.
China formally abolishes labour camps: state media
China's top legislative committee on Saturday formally abolished the country's "re-education through labour" camps and approved a loosening of its one-child policy, state media reported.
Parsis confront threat to existence at Mumbai gathering
The world's tiny but hugely successful Zoroastrian community will confront a demographic crisis which threatens its very existence when it gathers en masse in its spiritual home of Mumbai this week.
Nazarbayev concerned over squatting around Astana and declares moratorium
Lands around Astana are distributed haphazardly and their further use is not controlled. President Nazarbayev wants more order and less squatting.
Australia's feral camels culled to 300,000
Australia's feral camel population numbers around 300,000, far fewer than the one million generally cited, a new study showed Thursday after a four-year cull removed 160,000.
China one-child law change small but crucial: experts
Beijing's relaxation of its hugely controversial one-child policy is an attention-grabbing first step, but it will have to usher in greater changes if China is to tackle its looming demographic timebomb, experts say.