In the US alone, between 1970 and 2007, the US population increased by approximately one-third.
Between 1992 and 2011, the U.S. prison population increased by nearly 73 percent.
And in Maine, the student population increased almost 11 percent yet non-teaching staff rose 76 percent.
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From 1980 to 2008 (20 years), the same population increased to over 2, 400, 000.
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The Hispanic population increased from 35.3 million in 2000 when this group made up 13 percent of the total population.
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Between 2005 and 2009, the Valley workforce grew by less than 10 percent but the telecommuting population increased by almost 130 percent.
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Meanwhile, the sea-urchin population increased steeply until its discovery by the Japanese sushi industry led to heavy harvesting and a subsequent crash in the early 1990s.
The Latino population increased by 15.2 million between 2000 and 2010, accounting for over half of the 27.3 million increases in the total population of the United States.
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Between 1950 and 1997 the country's population increased by 116m.
The figures also revealed that Scotland's population increased for the fifth year running and has now reached 5.14m - its highest level since 1983 - largely due to migration.
The census data show that while the white population increased by 2.2 million to 196.8 million, its share of the total population dropped to 64% from 69%, officials said.
According to Downtown Cincinnati Inc's annual report, the downtown residential population increased 12% in 2011 from a year earlier to 13, 000 residents as more housing came online, most notably at the first building of the Banks, where 300 rental units boasted a 98% occupancy upon officially opening.
The population has increased by more than a third in just the past decade.
Since 1995 America's prison population has increased by 42%, while Britain's has jumped by 60%.
The richest one per cent of the world's population had increased its income by 60% in the last 20 years, Oxfam said.
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The population had increased between 1824 and 1840 upwards of five millions, but not one ounce of sugar more for their consumption.
Ten years later, the prison population has increased by 60% to 74, 000 but overall levels of serious crime recorded by the police have doubled (see chart).
The city's Asian population has increased by about 30 percent over the last decade, largely due to growth in its Chinese, Indian and Bangladeshi populations, city planners said.
The mixed-race population has increased, due to both inter-racial marriages and Census Bureau forms in the past two headcounts that allow people to identify themselves as more than one race.
While the population has increased 10 fold since 1906, when less than a million people called the greater San Francisco Bay area home, the number of fatalities does not increase proportionally in the recent estimates.
In the meantime the population has increased.
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Even though the employment age population has increased by nearly 12 million since January, 2008, there are now 3 million fewer Americans working, with employment declining from 146.3 million in January, 2008 to 143.3 million in December, 2012.
Given that the population has increased by one-and-a-half million in the past 25 years, and two-and-a-half million people in this city were born in other countries, some of which are at war with each other, it is a miracle the place is as peaceful as it is.
According to the latest figures from the Sporting Goods Manufacturing Association, over the last nine years, participation in tackle football (for those 6 years of age and older) has declined by 17.4%. (During that same time period, the American population has increased by 8.6%.) Some of that decline has to be attributable to concerns over health.
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With a booming population of infants and increased purchasing power among the population, the demand for baby care products is increasing rapidly in emerging regions.
The resident population has actually increased by a quarter in the past five years.
He added, with higher numbers of people in the town they would also need better infrastructure and facilities to support the increased population.
Due to population increases and increased per capita usage of water as a result of lifestyle changes, the proportion of water needed for human use is increasing.
Tourism is creating other problems for the local environment, too, including increased population density, over-dependence on wood as a fuel and construction source and the overgrazing and cutting of mountain slopes to feed livestock.
And with this population growth comes increased economic impact.
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