#population

One of the issues facing us today is that there are countries where there is a serious lack of resources, the standards of living are very low, and this creates a fundamental unease and discomfort in entire populations. ↗

— Ralph Merkle

#creates #discomfort #entire #facing #fundamental

Today we see a human population of over 6 billion people, many of whom have serious medical conditions, which either can't be treated or cannot be treated economically. ↗

— Ralph Merkle

#cannot #conditions #economically #either #human

An estimated 7 million illegal immigrants were residing in the United States in January 2000. This is double the size of the illegal immigrant population in January 1990 and constitutes 2.5 percent of the total U.S. population of just over 281 million. ↗

— Gary Miller

#double #estimated #illegal #illegal immigrants #immigrant

The populations of Central America are very, very small indeed, so that while no one was denying and this was one of the great debates we used to have, whose fault was it that there were communists were able to do so well down there, well, that wasn't the point. ↗

— John Negroponte

#america #central #communists #debates #denying

In Washington State, the immigrant population has grown by 42 percent in the five years between 2000 and 2005 - which is an increase from 8 percent to 10.6 percent of the overall population - and the jobless rate in the state has hit a 6 year low. ↗

— Dave Reichert

#five #grown #hit #immigrant #increase

Black people dominate sports in the United States. 20% of the population and 90% of the final four. ↗

— Chris Rock

#dominate #final #four #people #population

Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio. ↗

— Thomas Malthus

#increases #population #ratio #unchecked

The U.N. Population Fund has a maternal health program in some Cameroon hospitals, but it doesn't operate in this region. It's difficult to expand, because President Bush has cut funding. ↗

— Nicholas D. Kristof

#bush #cameroon #cut #difficult #expand

By 2050, the Australian population is expected to grow from 22 million to 36 million. That increase alone will put huge pressure on our towns and our cities. We will need more homes, more roads, more rail lines, more hospitals, more schools, just to accommodate so many Australians. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#alone #australian #australians #cities #expected

As the president of Kosovo, I am more concerned about the current situation with the employment standing at around 70 % of the population, which is young, with great potential, speaking many foreign languages and having wide expertise. ↗

— Ibrahim Rugova

#am #around #concerned #current #current situation