Sentences with phrase «population than most countries»

The Unites States may have a much more diverse population than most countries surveyed.

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In the United States, Japan, Russia, and most countries in Europe, populations are aging, some at much faster rates than others.

Pew cites estimates that more than half of the population in China, the world's most populous country, is unaffiliated, and just 5 percent is Christian.

Canada ranked as the most college - educated country, with 55.2 percent of its population, ages 25 to 64, obtaining an education higher than a high school level.

Mozambique is among the African countries most vulnerable to climate change, with over 1,550 miles of coastline, more than half of its population living along the ocean, and cities that function as the nation's economic hubs.

The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) estimates that by 2050 more than 50 % of all osteoporotic fractures will occur in Asia — and China will be the country which is most affected due to its large population of seniors.

In contrast, among older women (50 - 74 years), rates were increasing for more than half (36/64) of populations examined, including most countries in Southern, Eastern, and Western Europe and South America.

Unfortunately, these hardcore gals still seem to be the minority within the fitness - oriented population of women, since most women in gyms around the country are still following some old - fashioned, obsolete approaches to fitness and won't go anywhere near the weight room — and if they do, they will pick nothing heavier than a pair of pink, 5 - pound dumbbells.

And as one of the founding nations in America, Irish ancestry is the second most common heritage in the country, the Irish American population being seven times larger than the actual population of Ireland!

New York has more than 19.8 million residents, with more than 40 % of the population living in New York City (aka the Big Apple), making it the most populous city in the country.

But that is still less than one - fifth of the world's population, and most of those people live in developed countries.

Previous ukactive research has emphasised the scale of inactivity among Britons, with 29 per cent of the UK population classed as physically inactive — a higher proportion than most other EU countries, and even the USA.

According to Oxfam, «Brazil is one of the most unequal nations in the world, although it is one of the wealthiest... The country's high income concentration is revealed in figures: the richest one per cent of the population - less than 2 million people — have 13 % of all household income.

Morocco is a Muslim country so most places don't openly serve alcohol but due to Essaouira's international population, things are more relaxed than in some parts of the country.

Italians have been slow to embrace online travel purchases for diverse reasons: broadband penetration is low and still relatively expensive; they are by nature hesitant to release personal information over the Internet; traditional offline players have powerful ties and still sell the vast majority of travel related products; tour operators have been cautious about challenging conventional distribution channels; credit card usage is still relatively low and most credit cards have limited spending margins per month and the country's population is aging rapidly, resulting in slower adoption of the Internet than other markets.

Of course, even a modest increase in fertility rates among the most developed countries will imply that the population size in these countries declines less rapidly, or grows somewhat more rapidly than would otherwise have been the case.

The United States, whose population is growing faster than most other wealthy countries, has just over 300 million people now and will probably top 400 million by 2050.

Although the human burden of population has soared from 2.5 bn to more than 7bn in one lifetime, in 2010, the scientists say, the OECD countries that are home to 18 % of the world's population accounted for 74 % of global gross domestic product, so most of the human imprint on the Earth System comes from the world represented by the OECD.

In Canada, population has grown by about 20 % since 1990, similar to Australia and US, but substantially higher than the 5 - 10 % aggregate growth rate in most of the EU countries.

For example, it seems likely that the optimal choice of solar technology would be very different in a sunny country with a highly dispersed population like Australia than in Europe or China where most of the development is taking place at present.

The fact that poor Asian countries with most of the world's population have enjoyed faster economic growth rates than the rich countries over the past 30 years is probably the most important socio - economic fact of our time, but it wasn't foreseen by the modellers and, incredibly, many in the IPCC milieu still deny that it's happened: three IPCC chapters (Chapters 1 and 9 of the WG II report and Chapter 1 of WG III report) go out of their way to assert that global inequality has been increasing in recent decades.

With its fast - expanding economy raising incomes, with population growth slowing, and with the grain harvest climbing, China eradicated most of its hunger in less than a decade — in fact, it eradicated more hunger in a shorter period of time than any country in history.

The country's bee population had already been shocked in recent years by a tiny, parasitic bug called the varroa mite, which has destroyed more than half of some beekeepers» hives and devastated most wild honeybee populations.

With a population bigger than 42 of the states in the country, Los Angeles County is the most largely populated county in the United States.

If it targeted all potential 87 million users, well, that's larger than most countries» populations.

It is a culturally diverse society with a population of more than 22 million.21 Australia's population includes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) peoples and migrants from some 200 countries with Indigenous Australian peoples representing 2.5 % of the total population.22 In over 60 years of planned post-war migration, Australia has accepted more than 6.5 million migrants and in the most recent census (2006), 3.1 million people (16 % of the population) were reported to speak a language other than English at home.23 The majority of the population lives in the cities mainly located around the coast; however, many live in rural and remote areas ranging from dry arid land to tropical and a few live in what are arguably some of the most remote and untouched areas of the world.

We believe investigating the effects of internet - delivered treatments are particularly relevant for rural populations, 27 as these communities typically struggle to access counselling opportunities, 28 and the rates of problematic gambling are sometimes higher for rural persons than the Albertan average.2 Furthermore, given that most telemedicine applications in Alberta are focused on delivering training or non-clinical services, 28 and that the government of Alberta may legalise on - line gambling in the near future, gambling harm and treatment need are likely to increase for rural and remote Albertans.29 Also, as gambling and the internet are ubiquitous phenomena in western countries, this study may be relevant to other rural and remote jurisdictions.

Across the country, Trulia found that growth in incomes and population, as well as the number of vacant homes, have the most impact on home values — more than even job growth.

The area comprising Boardman, Warren, and Youngstown, Ohio, is the country's most affordable housing market among metropolitan areas with populations greater than 500,000, says the National Association of Home Builders.