Here is a full list of the estimated change in population for every local authority area in the UK between mid-2023 and mid-2024. Of the 361 local authorities, the population is estimated to have increased in 342, decreased in 18 and remained unchanged in one. The figures have been published by the Office for National…
Here is a full list of the estimated change in population for every local authority area in England and Wales between mid-2023 and mid-2024. Of the 318 local authorities, the population is estimated to have increased in 306 and decreased in 12. The figures have been published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The…
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Food insecurity is rising in many parts of Africa, with the number of people unable to afford a healthy diet surpassing 1 billion — some two-thirds of the continent’s population — in 2024, according to a United Nations report published Monday. The prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in Africa…
Hong Kong residents made 1.84 million outbound trips between Thursday and Saturday, the second day of the Easter long weekend, representing a 10 per cent increase from the same period last year. A catering industry representative forecast a potential 30 per cent decline in business during Easter compared with last year, attributing the fall to…
Hong Kong residents made 1.84 million departure trips between Thursday of last week and the second day of the Easter break, representing a 10 per cent increase from the same period last year. Figures from the Immigration Department highlighted the increase from 2024, when residents had made 1.68 million trips by the end of the…
The ideal worker at the Chinese chemical manufacturer, according to the internal memo, is hardworking, virtuous and loyal. And — perhaps most important — willing to have children for the good of the country. That was the message that the company, Shandong Shuntian Chemical Group, sent to unmarried employees recently, in a notice that spread…
For the first time in almost a decade, South Koreans are having more babies. The 3.6 percent rise recorded in births last year — the first since 2015 — offered a sliver of hope to government officials who have been rolling out greater parental leave and other benefits to try to increase the world’s lowest…
A company in China has been told off by officials after it issued a notice threatening to fire its single and divorced employees if they remain single by the end of September. The Shuntian Chemical Group in eastern China’s Shandong province, which employs more than 1,200 people, announced a policy that vows to boost the…
The number of marriages in China continued to slide last year as the country faced a worsening demographic crisis. Newsweek reached out to the Chinese Foreign Ministry with a written request for comment. Why It Matters After seven years of decline, China’s birth rate ticked slightly upward last year, a shift analysts have attributed to…
The days when Beijing feared overpopulation feel like a distant memory. On January 17, China’s National Bureau of Statistics announced a decline in the country’s population for the third consecutive year. By the end of 2024, China’s population was 1.408 billion, compared to 1.410 billion in 2023—a drop of two million. The situation is expected…