Population by age group and sex, 1999

Table 18 Population, by population Group over 65, Religion, Sex and Age, 2003 (by thousands)

Muslims, with 222,282 or 3 of the population, form the third largest religious group.

Christians are the second largest religious group and make up 48.2 of the population.

The indigenous ethnic group in Anambra state are the Igbo (98 of population) and a small population of Igala (2 of the population) who live mainly in the north western part of the state.

Table 8 Women by Population Group and Religion and Degree, 2002 2003

The group of those aged 18 to 30 now represents 23 per cent of the population.

Prima facie, such an acknowledgement would take the population group outside the scope of this study.

Based on the ethnic group, there has been a reduction of 55 per cent in the non indigenous population and 36 per cent in the indigenous population.

The increase in the number of population age 65 and over is noticeable (from 6,4 to 11 of the total population), and there is a significant fall of active working population in the group age 20 to 40.

It defines the population in the age group from 18 to 35 as youth.

(a) Convening one expert group meeting on measurement of population and social conditions using the population census as a tool for monitoring progress towards the Millennium Development Goals

In some cases, an island or group of islands may be able to absorb the likely displacement of population.

Serbs with 5,988,150 are the largest ethnic group in Serbia, representing 83 of the total population (excluding Kosovo).

Most of these studies found no increase in cancer rates over the general population or a control group.

(iv) Ad hoc expert group meetings on coordination on international migration (2) international migration (1) mortality trends (1) population and development (1) population policy (1)

The largest ethnic group is the Javanese, who comprise 42 of the population, and are politically and culturally dominant.

Ukrainians constitute the largest ethnic group in Kiev, and they account for 2,110,800 people, or 82.2 of the population.

It is necessary to improve the health protection of the elderly population by providing primary health protection, home nursing through family medicine departments, rehabilitation and medical care for this population group.

After Protestantism, individuals professing no religion are also a significant group, exceeding 7 of the population in the 2000 census.

It was also difficult to distinguish a minority group, as the population comprised a good number of Turks and Kurds.

With respect to the Territory's second largest population group, persons of European origin, 89 per cent live in the South Province.

The evolution of the population structure can be summarized in three great groups of ages the group of the young (0 14 years), the group of the potentially active or adult ones (15 59), and the group of the aged ones (60 and more years).

Language The official language is Serbian, a member of the South Slavic group of languages, which is native to 88 of the population.

According to the Ethiopian national census of 2007, the Oromo are the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia, at 34.4 of the nation's population.

Its largest ethnic group, the Avar, make up only 30 of the population the rest is split between a dozen small nationalities.

This marked the first time that donor countries, as a group, crossed the 4 per cent (of ODA to population activities) threshold.

Policies are aimed at the most vulnerable groups, including the rural population and, within this group, our indigenous peoples.

However, a report by the Oxford Business Group in 2008 stated a more prudent estimate, suggesting that people of Turkish descent make up 5 of Algeria's total population according to the report, in 2006, Algeria's population was 34.8 million which would place the population of the Turkish minority at about 1,740,000.

However, by 2015 that group will double to make up 47 per cent of the population, and the group of those aged 0 to 15, which now makes up 46.5 per cent, will shrink by half.

Japan s National Institute of Population and Social Security Research recently forecast that by 2060, the country will have lost nearly one third of its 2010 population of 128 million, and just half of this smaller population will be between 15 and 65 years old the most productive age group in any economy.

Statistics broken down by ethnic group on political participation and the standard of living of the population might be included in the next periodic report.

Definitions Ethnic cleansing is a purposeful policy designed by one ethnic or religious group to remove by violent and terror inspiring means the civilian population of another ethnic or religious group from certain geographic areas.

Kurdish people are the largest ethnic group in Turkey, making up 20 per cent of the population, which is close to 20 million people.

By 1775, Africans made up 20 of the population in the American colonies, which made them the second largest ethnic group after the English.

In the 2011 census, there were 31,479 Bosniaks or 0,73 of the total population, making them the third largest ethnic group in the country.

The largest group of immigrants and their descendants in Belgium are Moroccans, with more than 450,000 people, which is well over 4 of Belgium's total population.

According to the 1930 census, with a population of 34,662 (some 34 ) out of the total of 102,872, Jews were the second largest ethnic group in Iași.

Despite the efforts made, 25 per cent of the indigenous population over the age of 15 is illiterate, and of this group a higher proportion are women.

There are also public hospitals specialized to treat chronic diseases, target a particular group of the population, or provide better treatment in some medical specialties.

At the same meeting, a statement was made by the representative of the Inter American Parliamentary Group on Population and Development, a non governmental organization.

(ii) Two ad hoc expert group meetings on new techniques in conducting population and housing censuses and production of statistics on natural resources and environment

A thematic group on population, gender and development, consisting of partners from the United Nations system, Government ministers and non governmental organizations, was ensuring follow up.

The decline of the population identifying itself as Amazigh and use of the Tamazigh language in the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya were brought to the attention of the Working Group.

The Bureau also recommended that the Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat prepare initial drafts of resolutions and decisions that might facilitate the deliberations of the working group.