by AIP Online Bureau | May 10, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Policy
India’s doctor-to-patient ratio hit a record high of 1.2 doctors per 1,000 patients in 1991, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), but as its population surged, the ratio dropped to about 0.7 in 2020. Outside the big cities, the lack of specialised...
by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 19, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Policy
The latest UNFPA report stated that in India 25 per cent of the population constitutes children aged 0-14, 18 per cent are those aged 10-19 years, 26 per cent belong to the 10-24 age group. About 68 per cent are in the 15-64 age category, while those above 65 are just...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 23, 2023 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography
Total population grew by a record 1.05 million people to 39.57 million in the twelve months to Jan. 1, 2023, and about 96% of the rise was due to international migration, the statistics agency said. Canada’s population increased by more than a million people for...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 22, 2023 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Policy
China’s birth rate last year was 6.77 births per 1,000 people, the lowest on record, while the country’s death rate, the highest since 1974, was 7.37 deaths per 1,000 people. The death rate in China’s capital Beijing surpassed its birth rate in 2022,...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 4, 2023 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts
China’s population is shrinking for the first time in more than six decades in 2022, which is a serious demographic crisis for the country with significant implications for its slowing economy, CNN Business reported According to data surveyed in late January...
