ISSUES
: Our Changing Population
Index
43
Index
Africa, ageing population 18
age of population, UK 2
ageing population 18–19
agriculture 30–31
livestock farming 27–8
Apulia and Calabria migration route 23
asylum seekers, UK 7
births, UK 2, 5
to mothers born outside UK 3, 6, 11
Catholic Church, and population growth 29, 30
Central Mediterranean migration route 23
China, one-child policy 34–5, 36–7
cities, future predictions 24
conflict, due to population growth 22
contraception 20, 27
sterilisation camps, India 32–3
costs of raising a child 38
deaths, UK 5–6
England, population increase 3
Europe, ageing population 18
European Union, population trends 7
female sterilisation, India 32–3
fertility, impact on global population 17
food production, for growing population 25–6
food security 28–9, 30–31
global population trends 1, 10, 16–17
regional growth 17, 21
health care systems, and ageing populations 19
immigration, UK
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net international migration
independent living, older people 19
India, sterilisation camps 32–3
life expectancy, UK 6, 8–9
livestock farming 27–8, 31
local level population changes, UK 4
Malthus, Thomas 25
Mediterranean migration sea routes 23
migration
Mediterranean sea routes 23
and population growth 7, 11–12, 22
to UK 2, 3, 6, 10, 14
natural change 5–6
net international migration, UK 2, 3, 6, 10, 14
and population growth 11–12
Northern Ireland, population increase 3
older people 18–19
one-child policy, China
ending 34–5
impacts of 36–7
only children 37–9
population growth
and food supply 25–6
global 10
and migration 7, 22
UK 11–12
UK’s ability to cope 13, 14–15
population trends
EU 7
global 1, 10, 16–17
UK 2–4, 10
regional population
global 17, 21
UK 3–4, 6
Scotland, population increase 3
sea crossings by migrants 23
single-child families 37–9
soil degradation 30–31
sterilisation camps, India 32–3
Syria 22
two-child policy, China 34–5
UK, ability to cope with increasing population 13, 14–15
UK population 2–4, 5–6, 10
growth 7, 11–12
international comparisons 5, 7, 10
local level changes 4
regional changes 3–4
urbanisation, future predictions 24
Wales, population increase 3
World Population Day 10
