Sentences with phrase «cent of the population of»

For example, nearly half the Jews in America live in New York City alone, and the fact that the city of New York is so important to the life of the country taken together with the fact that 30 per cent of the population of that city is Jewish has the effect of throwing its 1,765,000 Jews into very high relief.

In 1900 there were an estimated 9 million Christians (accounting for about 7 per cent of the population of Africa).

Bacon visited Tanzania on a Voluntary Service Overseas parliamentary placement to work with the Agricultural Non State Actors Forum (ANSAF), a relatively new body designed to promote the interests of farmers, particularly smallholders, who make up 80 per cent of the population of Tanzania.

They estimated that more than 60 per cent of the populations of the United States, Argentina and Italy live in areas conducive to seasonal transmission of Zika virus.

Abstract: M dwarf stars, which have masses less than 60 per cent that of the Sun, make up 75 per cent of the population of the stars in the Galaxy [1].

Statistical results suggest that the nearest transiting Earth - sized planet in the liquid - water,... ▽ More M dwarf stars, which have masses less than 60 per cent that of the Sun, make up 75 per cent of the population of the stars in the Galaxy [1].

Dwyer says that, by 2031, 40 per cent of the population of Ontario will be racial minorities and the fastest - growing group will be indigenous.

According to a 2011 survey by the European Union, 20 per cent of the population of the EU believe that climate change is the single greatest problem f...

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If a tiny portion of India's population reaches college educated, upper - middle class status, say 5 per cent — that's like 65 million people.

The pro-independence Scottish government says Scotland would be entitled to 90 per cent of Britain's oil wealth — based on divvying up the two countries» waters — but only liable for about 8 per cent of its 1.3 trillion pound ($ 2.1 trillion) national debt, based on its share of the U.K. population.

Western Australia has maintained the country's fastest annual population growth rate of 2.9 per cent, however the rate of growth has slowed compared with last year's figures.

Condo prices are growing at a rate of 19 per cent year - over-year too, even though a record number of units are under construction relative to the population, according to TD Economics.

As much as 3.9 per cent of B.C.'s population is employed by a startup company, defined as a company under two years of age, and that's nearly double the share in Manitoba, the province with the lowest relative rate of startup activity.

The number of elderly people - at 1.16 million - rose 2.6 per cent to 15.9 per cent of the total population between 2011 and 2016.

The result is to suggest that even in the Midwest an anti-Semitic propagandist would have up to 84 per cent of the population actively or passively against him.

Of 80,000 individual names listed in Poor's Register of Directors 4.7 per cent appear to be Jewish as against a Jewish population percentage of about 4 or a little lesOf 80,000 individual names listed in Poor's Register of Directors 4.7 per cent appear to be Jewish as against a Jewish population percentage of about 4 or a little lesof Directors 4.7 per cent appear to be Jewish as against a Jewish population percentage of about 4 or a little lesof about 4 or a little less.

CHRONIC Fatigue Syndrome afflicts around 8 per cent of the Australian population in some form, according to the Chronic Fatigue Advisory Centre's Paul and Linda Storer.

WOMEN make up 49.5 per cent of the working population in the City of Perth, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics» Working Population Community Profile.

The Task Force concluded that, in 1992, the population included in their analysis had a savings rate of 10.1 per cent, which is greater than the 8.9 per cent target rate that would allow two earner families to meet their retirement income target.

But, even at the end of the period of observation, the median after - tax adjusted income of the older population was still 80 per cent of that of the prime age population.

The combination of these and other factors effectively disenfranchises 75 per cent of the population.

Over the past year, the number of people with jobs has increased by more than 2 1/2 per cent, a positive outcome given that the working - age population is increasing at around 1 1/2 per cent a year.

About 68 per cent of the Canadian population aged 15 and over was working in the autumn of 2007, compared with about 66 per cent now, according to StatsCan.

The Institute notes that federal public service employment, excluding military and RCMP uniformed personnel and federal government business enterprise employees, has increased by about 35 per cent between 1999 and 2009, (from 224,600 to 302,000), well in excess of overall growth in population of 11 per cent over that period.

In contrast, according to the Parliamentary Budget Officer, the provincial, territorial and local government sector does not have a sustainable fiscal structure, even though their aggregate debt - to - GDP ratio is currently under 30 per cent, but expected to rise significantly due to the impact of an ageing population on their finances.

This is reassuring in light of reports that more than 95 per cent of the population experience daily periods of mind wandering.

Volatile portions of the diluent containing toxic fumes of benzene and toluene began off - gassing in the area, impacting the health of almost 60 per cent of the local population with symptoms such as nausea, dizziness, headaches, coughing and fatigue.

This trend will speed up as the population aged 60 and over reaches 42 per cent of the country's total by 2050.

Most economists expect potential economic growth to decline from about 3 per cent annually to about 2 per cent over the next ten years, as a result of continued poor productivity growth and a slowing labour force growth as the population ages.

Representing 52 per cent of Canada's GDP and more than half of the country's population, CGCC collaborates on international and domestic issues impacting our regions» competitiveness.

The Belt and Road Initiative would ultimately cover over 65 countries, 60 per cent of world population, and 40 per cent of global GDP.

The Asia - Pacific Economic Cooperation is home to 40 per cent of the world's population, 50 per cent of global trade, and 60 per cent of global GDP.

Roughly 82 per cent of the prime - age population is now employed, about 13 percentage points higher than 40 years ago.

«Millennials are the future of the workforce and will constitute over 50 per cent of the working population in the next few years,» added Zakai.

In North America, 82 per cent of the population lives in urban areas.

The Harris Centre of Regional Policy and Development at Memorial University predicts the provincial population will drop 10 per cent by 2036 and that some towns could see drops of 30 per cent or more.

The transformative Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) represents 40 per cent of the global population and 50 per cent of world trade.

Since 2000, Alberta's population has grown by more than 40 per cent, a gain of 1.3 million people.

The most recent numbers I have — there are 8.6 Million accredited investors in the U.S., and only 3 per cent of them are investing in small businesses (which translates roughly to 0.1 per cent of a population).

Malays make up about 60 per cent of the 28 - million Malaysian population, while Chinese comprise more than 25 per cent.

Between 1971 and 1981, the time of the last great oil boom, Alberta's population grew by nearly 40 per cent, too.

This partly reflects a shrinking labour force owing to the ageing of the population, but it is consistent with the payrolls survey, which reports that employment has grown by around 1/2 per cent over the year.

That means that Medibank will be able to reach about 90 per cent of the population if the program is rolled out around the country.

Initial assessments indicate that the number of damaged or destroyed buildings is between 17,000 and 20,000, which housed 54,000 people — about 80 per cent of the total population of the island.

People might not recognize that this is a huge chunk of the population: in the U.S., 35 to 45 per cent of low - income households are «unbanked» — which means that they possess neither a chequing nor a savings account.

Stockland chief executive Mark Steinert this week said the national population growth rate of 1.6 per cent would keep driving demand for new facilities, even though traditional retailers were planning fewer new stores than they were five or six years ago.

And the ratio of seniors to labour - force - aged population will increase from 25 per cent in 2010 to 50 per cent in 2035.

At the same time, without a sizable improvement in the efficiency of our health - care system, real health - care spending is set to increase at 3.5 per cent a year, with about 1 per cent coming from technology - driven improvements in quality of care and 2.5 per cent a year from the direct effects of population aging.

And while the downward drift in Japan's unemployment rate partly reflects the reduced participation of an aging population, at 4.5 per cent in March, the unemployment rate was at its lowest level in the past six years, consistent with increases in labour demand.

With a population of more than 600 million and annual growth rates near five per cent, ASEAN is a market rich in opportunities for Canadian exporters.»